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ABC Arts Newsletter: Friday 8 February, 2008

Each week this newsletter brings you information on coverage of the arts across ABC Online, TV and Radio. Find out how to subscribe to this newsletter at

http://abc.net.au/arts/mail.htm

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Latest Arts News | Arts Features | Latest Reviews | Arts on Radio | Arts on TV

----------------- LATEST ARTS NEWS ---------------------

MUSIC BODIES IN 'HALL OF FAME' NAME ROW [08/02/2008]
The Australian Country Music Foundation says it is astounded by the Country Music Association of Australia's (CMAA) attempt to register its trademark name.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/08/2157440.htm

ABC LAUNCHES NEW LOOK, PROGRAMS [08/02/2008]
ABC TV will today launch its new look for 2008, promising Australian viewers more choice than ever with two channels.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/08/2157468.htm

JUNK FOOD TV AD BAN PUSH BY SA [08/02/2008]
The South Australian Government has threatened to legislate for a ban on junk food advertising during children's television programs unless the food industry

agrees to a voluntary ban.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/08/2157633.htm

PLAYWRIGHT DEFENDS BRIMBLE STAGE PRODUCTION [07/02/2008]
Until now the horrific story of the death on board a P&O cruise ship of Brisbane mother, Dianne Brimble, has been played out in the courts.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/07/2157205.htm

KIDMAN'S SWIMMERS TO BE AUCTIONED TO BUY COWS [07/02/2008]
A charitable group is auctioning a bathing suit left at a Swedish pool by Australian movie star Nicole Kidman to raise money to buy cows for poor families in

India.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/07/2156332.htm



More arts news at http://abc.net.au/news/arts/default.htm

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NATIONAL MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL
This year's National Multicultural Festival has it all: incredible live music acts, eclectic (and free!) fringe events, theatre, lakeside opera, community

events, workshops, films and of course, plenty of lipsmackingly good food.
Online coverage includes: map of event venues, festival photo gallery, stories, audience event reviews, recipes, and program highlights.
http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/features/nmf/default.htm

CATAPULT BOOK REVIEWS
Self-help, get rich and stories of great innovation. Check out Catapult's reviews of the latest books offering advice and inspiration for entrepreneurial

types. Already read it? Tell us what you thought on our guestbook.
http://www.abc.net.au/catapult/interact/bookreviews/

More arts features at http://abc.net.au/arts/default.htm

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ARTICULATE
ABC News Online's daily take on arts news and events in Australia and throughout the world.
http://blogs.abc.net.au/articulate/

THE SHALLOW END
Casting a critical eye over entertainment news from Australia and the world.
http://blogs.abc.net.au/theshallowend/

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------------------ FILM REVIEWS ------------------

3:10 TO YUMA [08/02/2008]
ABC Tasmania
It’s fifty years since they wrapped the shoot for Delmer Daves' ('psychological' the critics called it) Western 3.10 to Yuma.
http://www.abc.net.au/tasmania/stories/s2157525.htm

2 DAYS IN PARIS [16/12/2007]
At the Movies
The lovely French actress Julie Delpy stars in 2 DAYS IN PARIS which she wrote, directed, produced, edited and scored.
http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2108149.htm

More Film Reviews at http://www.abc.net.au/arts/review/film/default.htm If you are interested in RSS feeds of movie reviews, they can be found at

http://www.abc.net.au/backyard/rss.htm

------------------ MUSIC REVIEWS ------------------

OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS [04/02/2008]
It's been a huge 12 months for Melbourne's The Getaway Plan and 2008 is set to be their biggest yet! They've toured with the likes of My Chemical Romance,

Alkaline Trio, Bodyjar and Anberlin (to name a few), were next cropped by us and have returned from the US after recording their debut album, 'Other Voices,

Other Rooms'.
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/album/s2151829.htm

More Music Reviews at http://www.abc.net.au/arts/review/music/default.htm If you are interested in RSS feeds of music reviews, they can be found at

http://www.abc.net.au/backyard/rss.htm

------------------ THEATRE REVIEWS ------------------

LES MISERABLES [31/01/2008]
Reviewed by Winsome Denyer for ABC North Qld
It's been a long time since I've seen Les Misérables, and the Townsville Choral Society's latest production of the epic story reminded me why it's so often

referred to as "the world's most popular musical".
http://www.abc.net.au/northqld/stories/s2151074.htm

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WILLIAM GIBSON'S SPOOK COUNTRY (REVIEW) [05/02/2008]
Simon Cooper: William Gibson is best known as a writer of science fiction, notably the man who coined the term 'cyberspace'.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2008/2154560.htm

More reviews at http://abc.net.au/arts/review/default.htm ]

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------------------ RN Music Highlights --------------------


THE WEEKEND P***T
10/02/2008
Mare Nostrum means ‘our sea’.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/weekendp***t/stories/2008/2140474.htm

THE P***T
11/02/2008
Brazilian guitar virtuoso Yamandu Costa’s CD Ida e Volta (Return Journey) is a tour de force of mostly his own compositions, played in solo, duo and trio

line-ups.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/dailyp***t/stories/2008/2156050.htm

THE P***T
13/02/2008
When Chris Stapleton sings songs he wrote with Mike Henderson in his raw, soul-drenched voice with an all-acoustic, no-overdubbing group, it’s apparent that

the SteelDriver’s self-titled debut CD has carved out a new direction in Bluegrass.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/dailyp***t/stories/2008/2156038.htm

THE P***T
14/02/2008
Multi-instrumentalist quartet Quadro Nuevo’s CD Tango Bitter Sweet is a collection of all-European songs, centred on tango, but ranging out into jazz and

swing.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/dailyp***t/stories/2008/2156043.htm

if you want more on Radio National's Music programs you can sign up at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/music/maillist/default.htm

------------------ RN Book highlights ------------------

POETICA
09/02/2008
Nicolette Stasko reads from her new and selected collection of poems, Glass Cathedrals and talks about her writing with Lisa Warczak.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/stories/2008/2141609.htm

LINGUA FRANCA
09/02/2008 at: 1545
Marking the United Nations-declared International Year of Languages, as well as its goal to preserve and promote linguistic diversity, the linguist Alexandra

Aikhenvald tells the story of her own multilingualism, coloured by the language of one country which no longer exists.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/linguafranca/stories/2008/2157586.htm

SHORT STORY
10/02/2008 at: 15:35
The dentist and the dental surgery he operated in have to suffer one last extraction.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/shortstory/stories/2008/2150994.htm

STREET STORIES
10/02/2008 at: 1330
Small in number, but passionate about what they do, homeschoolers make up about 0.03% of school-age children in Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/streetstories/stories/2008/2151499.htm

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AIRPLAY
10/02/2008
In part two of Melissa Reeves’s award-winning play, Martin, now officially accepted into the South Bendigo Branch of the Communist Party, finds it difficult

to think of the seemingly normal people he has met as dangers to the country but Alex convinces him they are up to no good.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/airplay/stories/2008/2141626.htm


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------------------ LIMELIGHT: ABC ARTS IN PRINT ------------------

In the April edition of Limelight magazine, Anthony Warlow, Lesley Garrett and Russell Watson explain why musicals are good for opera, Diana Krall gets deep

and meaningful about jazz, and pianist Michael Kieran Harvey takes inspiration from god's own musicians - the birds

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