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November 96

"It's better to die on your feet
than to live on your knees"
Power and the Passion - 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

"Forty thousand years can make a
difference to the state of things"
The Dead Heart - Diesel and Dust

January 97

"Fighting in the spotlight eye's turn blacker than their skin
For Jimmy Sharman's boxers it's no better if you win"
Jimmy Sharman's Boxers - Red Sails in the Sunset

February 97

"If we surrender ourselves to industrial rules,
we'll wake up in the wreckage of tomorrow, now."
Common Ground - Breathe

March 97

"Some got pollution, some revolution
there must be some solution but I just don't know"
Read About It - 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

April 97

"Don't - call - me - the tune,
I will walk away"
One Country - Blue Sky Mining

May 97

"Why wait for the planes to come
When everybody's got us on the run"
Hercules - Scream In Blue - Live

June/July 97

"Like a child that's born
We parachute down to an unkown fight"
Blossom and Blood - Species Deceases

August 97

"It's larger than life, darker than death
We're gonna move those mountains aside.
Here come the messages."
Bushfire - Earth and Sun and Moon

September 97

"Pummelled plains, beaten fields
We've never broken in spirit within"
Sins of Omission - Breathe

October/November 97

"Must be time for a new idea
Pack up my things get away from here
They're never gonna trace me"
Basement Flat - Place Without A Postcard

December/January 97/98

"And it's a bastard song, it is a feeling that everything is wrong
But we are alive, we that have wings, we have devices can do anything
I say where is home, where is my home, I hear my spirit cry"
Home - Breathe

February 98

"Dad's so bad he lives in the pub
It's underarms and football clubs
Flat chat, Pine Gap, in every home a Big Mac
And no one goes out back, that's that"
Power and the Passion - 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

March 98

"Surely there's some relief from atomic art and the fragile state of world events with clowns who love the kings and power and the mutant media babes wanking on dreams and fashions and toilet paper flowers, don't talk to me in this backyard - it's clandestine, it's nuclear, smell of space and now forever I wanna go straight down the exit eight mile attraction, u-turn is up and the time clock sings lets go"
Lucky Country - Place Without A Postcard

April 98

"I hear much support for the monarchy
I see the Union Jack in flames, let it burn
I see Namatjira with dignity
I see Truganini's in chains"
Truganini - Earth and Sun and Moon

June 98

"We're all spores but we're never eunuchs
Love's on the loose deflect the short tunics
And the camera's ruse
There's no judgement in ignorance I say..."
Tell Me The Truth - Earth and Sun and Moon

July 98

"Working in the city from nine to five,
Traffic on the highways gonna blow my mind
Surfing with a spoon all the rest of the time
oh yeah, all the rest of the time"
Surfing With A Spoon - Midnight Oil

August 98

"The rich get richer,
The poor get the picture"
Read About It - 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

October 98

"Violate the earth your mother
Turn your back on your own brother
Concrete you don't free my soul
Concrete you don't, you don't, free my soul"
Concrete - Redneck Wonderland

March 99

"If Christ were here he'd camera check
He'd cry so loud the planes would stop
He'd cry so loud the earth would shake and men would fall in tinsel town
There's just one thing, yes there's just one thing
Who can stand in the way when there's a dollar to be made"
Who Can Stand In The Way - Red Sails In The Sunset

April/May/June/July 99

"There's a shit storm coming
And I can feel it coming soon"
Powderworks - Midnight Oil

August/September 99

"No conversation as you go
There's so much space the heat moves you
Terracotta homes, backyard barbeque and eucalyptus smell
It's fine on the clothes line
It's fast food and slow life and red roof
My silence, comic interruptions
Surely there's some relief from atomic art
And the fragile state of world events
With clowns who love the kings and power and the mutant media babes
Wanking on dreams and fashions and toilet paper flowers
Don't talk to me in this backyard - it's clandestine, it's nuclear
Smell of space and now forever I wanna go
Straight down the exit eight mile attraction
U-turn is up and the time clock sings lets go"
Lucky Country - Place Without A Postcard

January 2000

"No one can make her, no one can break her
She is what she is and no one can bring her down"
Underwater - Breathe

February 2000

"Few of the sins of the father
Are visited upon the son
Hearts have been hard
Our hands have been clenched in a fist too long"
Forgotten Years - Blue Sky Mining
Submitted by: Laird MacDonald

March 2000

"So how stands the city on this winters night?
The city on the hill or so they said
The snow is falling down around the armoury
The city's closing in around my head"
Bedlam Bridge - Blue Sky Mining
Submitted by: Maurice Kelly

April/May 2000

"It's the harbour towns
That the grey metal ships call home"
Put Down That Weapon - Diesel And Dust
Submitted by: Ironman.Zxx

June 2000

"When I'm dreaming, I dream in blue
When I'm dreaming, I dream of you
When I'm screaming, I scream in blue"
Scream In Blue - 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Submitted by: Maurice Kelly

Nov 2001

"I was asleep with both eyes open
Dream freeze sprinklers in the sun
Beer soaked mansions block the sky,
Dingos howl and white flags fly
The future's put on hold and you're still young"
Seeing Is Believing - Redneck Wonderland
Submitted by: Laird MacDonald