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Johnston, C. ‘Burn Out Your Name’ (review), Juice 8, October 1993, p. 106.
Jones, A. ‘Drongos, Yobbos and Derros, Yes. But are Ockers Rockers??’, New Musical Express, 22 December 1979, pp. 32–33, 77.
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Owen, R. ‘Moralists want records to be heard, not obscene’, Weekend Australian, 18–19 February 1989, p. 20.
Phillips, J. ‘Vital issues behind the campus capers’, Courier-Mail, 19 September 1989, p. 9.
Porter, D. ‘Radio station 4ZZZ on campus’, file note, 21 February 1989.
Potts, J. ‘Music on Public Radio’, Media Information Australia, No. 64, May 1992, pp. 17–23.
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Roberts, G. ‘I can’t stop gay games, says Premier’, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 November 1989, p. 5.
Roberts, G. ‘Magistrate says the magic word and charges dropped’, Sydney Morning Herald, 17 May 1989, p. 3.
Roberts, G. ‘Nat poll promise: a “porno” rock ban’, Sydney Morning Herald, 10 November 1989, p. 3.
Roberts, G. ‘Qld’s morality police aiming at new records’, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 March 1989, p. 2.
Sawford, G. ‘New Faces: A Guide to the New Brisbane Music Scene’, Rolling Stone 501 (Australia), October 1994, pp. 26–27.
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Stafford, A. ‘Redneck Wonderland’, Rolling Stone 552 (Australia), September 1998, pp. 46–48, 51.
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Toohey, P. ‘There is Justice in Queensland’, RAM, 14 June 1989, p. 3.
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Unattributed articles
‘The Aliens’, The Rat, No. 5, 1978, p. 11.
‘The Brisbane Devotee’, Cane Toad Times, ‘Australia’s Future?’ issue, 1979, pp. 7–10.
‘Censorship: More Weirdo Stuff from Queensland’, Gazette Of Law And Journalism, No. 11, June 1989, p. 7.
‘Criminal Records’, RAM, 8 March 1989, p. 3.
Editorial, Semper, No. 5 1989, p. 2.
‘FM in Australia: The Background, The Future’, Radio Times, vol 1.1, December 1975, p. 6.
‘4ZZZ High Power’, Radio Times, vol 1.6, May 1976, p. 11.
‘In Depth’, Radio Times, March 1976, pp. 12–13.
‘In Depth’, Radio Times, October 1976, p. 8.
‘Just a matter of taste’, editorial, Courier-Mail, 20 May 1989, p. 29.
‘Land Rights’, Radio Times, vol 1.1, December 1975, p. 8.
‘Music’, Radio Times, vol 1.1, December 1975, p. 5.
‘New venue looks like surviving’, Telegraph, 29 May 1978, p. 14.
‘News and Information’, Radio Times, vol 1.1, December 1975, p. 4.
‘Pick of the Platters of ’77’, Radio Times, January 1978, p. 9.
‘Programme Notes: Educational Series’, Radio Times, vol 1.4, March 1976, pp. 10–11.
‘Razar’, The Rat, No. 5, 1978, p. 11–12.
‘Razar’, Fad, 1978, p. 11.
‘Seized records are ‘common stock’, Courier-Mail, 15 February 1989, p. 4.
‘Student leader ignores petition for resignation’, Courier-Mail, 20 April 1989, p. 14.
‘Timor’, Radio Times, vol 1.1, December 1975, p. 8.
‘Top Ten’, Radio
Times, January 1977, p. 13.
‘University students arrested’, Courier-Mail, 13 April 1989, p. 3.
‘Wow, Sirs! Wowsers . . .’, Radio Times, May 1977, p. 11.
Websites
Not all of the following may still be in their cited locations online.
Barclay, P. ‘Queensland: 10 years after Fitzgerald’, Radio National, 16 May 1999, URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s26032.htm
Dunn, P. ‘Camp Luna Park/Cloudland Ballroom: Brisbane, QLD during WW2’, URL: http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/locations/camplunapark.htm.
Kimball, D. ‘The Saints: The Most Primitive Band in the World’, URL: http://saints.binke.com.au/
King, M and Bell, J. Brispop.com, URL: http://www.brispop.com.au/
Knight, A. ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’, Brisbane Institute, URL: http://www.brisinst.org.au/resources/knight_zzz.html
Macpherson, D. ‘Early Punk Brisbands (1977–82)’, URL: http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~toxico/brisband.htm
McLeod, R. ‘Young Identities’, and David Holliday, ‘Just Urbain’. Both on Ryan Richardson’s Break My Face site, devoted to late ’70s/early ’80s punk collectables. Follow the links from www.breakmyface.com
Van Kempen, E. ‘Vanishing Queensland: Reader Contributions – Cloudland’, URL: http://www.nationaltrustqld.org/cgi-bin1/memories.pl
Willis, L. ‘Joh Bjelke-Petersen and Terry Lewis seeking compensation for Fitzgerald Inquiry’, PM, 19 August 2003, reprinted online:
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2003/s927935.htm
Other articles and web pages:
‘Cloudland Ballroom’, URL: http://www.geocities.com/milesago2001/cloudland.htm
Interview with Brad Shepherd, i94 bar, URL: http://www.i94bar.com/ints/bradshepherd.html
Interview with Ed Wreckage on Dropkick Records site, URL: http://www.dropkick.com.au/ (follow link to the Leftovers)
Powderfinger, URL: www.powderfinger.com
Powderfinger Central, URL: http://www.ozmusic-central.com.au/powderfinger/central.htm
The Saints Directory, URL: http://www.xs4all.nl/~cjbailey/directory.htm – Chris Bailey’s official Saints site.
Recording notes
Burke, M. Liner notes for re-release of Shutdown Countdown EP, vinyl 7”, 2001. (Technically this was not a reissue: remaining copies of the original EMI custom-pressed EP, between 80–100, were rounded up and released with the picture sleeve intended for its original release in 1979.)
Forster, R. Liner notes for the Go-Betweens’ 78 ’til 79: The Lost Album, Jetset Records CD, catalogue no. TWA019CD, 1999.
Holliday, D. Liner notes for the Leftovers’ The Fucken Leftovers Hate You, Dropkick Records CD, catalogue no. BEHIND006, 2003. (The liner notes for this album also contained a wealth of other reprinted articles and letters.)
Lee, S. Liner notes for the Go-Betweens’ reissued Send Me A Lullaby, Circus Records CD, catalogue no. FYL009, 2002.
Male, A. Liner notes for the Go-Betweens’ reissued Before Hollywood, Circus Records CD, catalogue no. FYL010, 2002.
McFarlane, I. ‘Memories Are Made of This’, liner notes for the Saints’ Wild About You 1976–1978, Raven CD, catalogue no. RVCD–107, 2000.
Shepherd, B. Liner notes for the reissued Fun Things EP, vinyl 7”, Pennimann Records, 2000.
Walker, C. Liner notes for the Saints’ Scarce Saints: Hymns Of Oblivion 1977–1984, Raven CD, catalogue no. RVCD–04, 1989.
Unattributed:
Liner notes for Various Artists, At The Führer’s Request . . . vinyl LP, Rubber Records 001, 1985. Later amended to At The Solicitor’s Request . . . under legal duress. See discography for further details.
Liner notes for Various Artists, Behind The Banana Curtain 1975–2000, Warner Music CD, catalogue no. 8573861182, 2000.
permissions
Song credits
p. 1 ‘Lee Remick’ © Forster/McLennan (licensed by Festival/Mushroom Publishing, obo Complete Music); p. 68 ‘Nights In Venice’ 1977 © Kuepper/Bailey (Mushroom Music Publishing) p. 75 ‘Brisbane (Security City)’ © Kuepper (Mushroom Music Publishing) p. 81 ‘Karen’ © Forster/McLennan (licensed by Festival/Mushroom Publishing, obo Complete Music); p. 94 ‘Don’t Let Him Come Back’ © Forster/McLennan (licensed by Festival/Mushroom Publishing, obo Complete Music); p. 104 ‘Task Force (Undercover Cops)’ © Burke/Razar (Control); p. 119 ‘Help’ © Walsh (Control); p. 123 ‘Mr Somewhere’ © Walsh (Complete Music); p. 146 ‘Cattle And Cane’ © Forster/McLennan (licensed by Festival/Mushroom Publishing, obo Complete Music); pp. 152–3 ‘Pig City’ © Kneipp (Control); p. 160 ‘Brisbane Blacks’ © Conlon (Control); p. 164 ‘Thou Shalt Not Steal’ © Carmody (Song Cycles); p. 166 ‘Black Deaths In Custody’ © Carmody (Song Cycles); p. 174 ‘Brisbane ’82’ © Kennedy (Control); p. 174 ‘SEQEB Scabs’ © de Hesse (Control); p. 176 ‘Too Much Acid’ © Pineapples from the Dawn of Time (Shoddy Productions); p. 205 ‘Cyclone Hits Expo’ © Choo Dikka Dikka (Control); p. 238 ‘Melody’ © McCormack (Universal); p. 246 ‘I Want To Be Quiet’ © Forster (licensed by Festival/Mushroom Publishing, obo Complete Music); p. 255 ‘Fantastic Plastic’ © McCormack (Universal); p. 281 ‘Music Is Sport’ © Yeomans (EMI Music Publishing); p. 285 ‘I Will Lick Your Arsehole’ © Yeomans (EMI Music Publishing).
Text credits
Permission to quote from Andrew McGahan’s Last Drinks kindly granted by Allen & Unwin. Permission to quote from Clinton Walker’s Stranded kindly granted by Pan Macmillan.
acknowledgments
Pig City began as the thesis component of an MA in Creative Writing undertaken at the Faculty of Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology. My thanks go to the staff and students of the faculty, in particular those in the schools of journalism, media studies and creative writing. Special thanks to my supervisors, Donna Lee Brien and Jason Sternberg, and to Joanne Shepherd, who helped steady my course during the inevitable rocky periods.
Thanks to all at the University of Queensland Press, especially Laurie Muller and Madonna Duffy, who bravely punted on this project when it was in its infancy. Nick Earls, with typical generosity, helped talk them into it. Julia Stiles was a sensitive and thorough editor. Judi McCrossin and Ewan Burnett at Burberry Productions gave me a handy gig undertaking research for a drama series based on the adventures of Triple Zed, research that was also essential to this project.
Jeff Cheverton, Tony Kneipp and Greg Williamson all entrusted me with personal scrapbooks full of material I would otherwise have spent hundreds of hours searching for. Jane Grigg helped track down several elusive contacts. Tony Kneipp graciously allowed me the use of the title Pig City itself. Thanks are also due to the staff past and present at Skinny’s and Rocking Horse Records, in particular Warwick Vere, Cheryl Bliss, Phil Smith, Tam Patton and Richard Hunt.
For their encouragement, thanks to Kathy Bail, Shelley Gare and Clinton Walker, and of course to my family, friends, and everyone else who helped keep me going. Special thanks to Ellen Watson and Scott Muller for providing a place to stay during my research sojourns in Sydney. Eileen Dick’s influence cannot be underestimated. Much love, also, to Andrea Oliver, who was with me when this idea was born, and to Stephanie Pommerel, who saw it through to its conclusion.
Last and most of all, I extend my gratitude to all those who gave freely of their time to be interviewed, not only for their generosity, but for their enormous artistic and cultural contributions that have made Brisbane a better place to live. They are the collective inspiration behind this book, and I can only hope I’ve done their achievements appropriate justice.
This book is dedicated to Simon McKenzie and Craig Wilson, my Rock & Roll Friends, and to Grant McLennan.
index
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Able Label 85, 108, 113, 115
Aboriginal people
country music 158–67
discrimination 154–6
Land Rights 39
Musgrave Park 157, 158, 262–5
racism 78, 89, 155–8, 266–7
Adults Today 252
Afanasieff, Walter 317, 320
Ahern, Mike 186–7, 208, 214
Albert Park 259, 264
Aliens 103, 130, 131
Alive She Cried 230
Aneiki 320
Angels 105
Anthon, Bruce 56, 84, 96, 107, 132, 146, 224
anti-intellectualism 13
Anu, Christine 319
apartheid 19, 155
Apartments 87, 88, 91, 113, 117–19, 123
The Evening Visits . . . 123
The Return Of The Hypnotist 119
ARIA Hall of Fame 322
Armbruster, Stefan 191
Astrid, Jessica 230
Atkins, Dave 190–1, 227–9, 282–3
Atkinson, Darren 177
Atkinson, Greg 177–9
Atkinson, Sallyanne 221
Atthow, Cathy 239
Australian Labor Party (ALP) 20
Federal government 27
Qld 213–14, 262, 299
Bailey, Chris 53–76, 112, 206, 221, 322–3
Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow 75–6
Bailey, Margaret 53, 57
Baird, Jon 150–1, 257, 271
Ball Power 16
Baroona Hall 83–4, 105, 140
Barton, Adine 243, 244, 247
Barwick, Colin 134
Baümler, Karin 245
Bay City Union 15
Bayles, Tiga 156, 157, 160, 164
Beasts of Bourbon 170
Beatson, Jim 24, 26–7, 28, 30–1, 34–5, 38, 45, 48, 189, 257–8, 259, 260–1
Beattie, Peter 21, 23, 300, 326, 332
Beavis, Graeme 130
Bee Gees 1, 10, 11
Bellevue Hotel 149
Bellino, Tony 232
Beserkley Records 86–8, 90
Biafra, Jello 152, 210
Big Day Out 277, 279–80, 297