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Werewolf Edition 26 Now Available! - Pre-Election Edition #1

Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 11:02 am
Article: Werewolf

Werewolf Edition 26 Now Available! - Pre-Election Edition No. 1

From Werewolf Editor Gordon Campbell

http://werewolf.co.nz/

Hi and welcome to the 26th edition of Werewolf, which focuses this month on the government’s plans for partial asset sales, an issue which is likely to dominate this year’s election campaign – or at least those aspects of the campaign not already dominated by John Key’s remarkable personality, his fond memories of his first pet and favourite colour. Werewolf concludes that selling off shares in our energy companies and buying Air New Zealand for the third time does not make any social or economic sense.

Elsewhere in this month’s Werewolf, we consider the surprising links between top-drawer international cricket and depression. More than other competitive sports, cricket appears to make its top players more liable to mental illness, and hitherto, the game’s administrators have been slow to recognise and respond to the incidence of depression. In her Left Coasting column Rosalea Barkerreports on the free speech implications of San Francisco’s BART transport system throwing a digital blanket over cellphone coverage in order to block a political protest by its customers. Also, we analyse the ethical and practical issues involved as young people facing major challenges continue to be denied the vote, while baby boomers head towards senility in potentially large numbers without any discussion of the implications for the integrity of our voting system. In his satirical column From the Hood, Lyndon Hoodtakes on the troubled persona of a Department of Labour safety inspector, post Pike River.

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In film coverage this month, Philip Matthews analyses the sense and sensibility behind Lars von Trier’s latest film Melancholia, while Brannavan Gnanalingham uses his Milestone Movies column to explore the documentary career of Werner Herzog, with a special emphasis on the recent Cave of Forgotten Dreams. In our children’s classics column this month, Grace C. Russell reveals how dog movies like Lady and the Tramp and Benjieducate/indoctrinate children about the perils and attractions of life on the streets, before telling kids that hey, home is always best. The Complicatist music column examines the Retromania ‘death of pop” non-issue, and especially how Gen X’s signature repugnance for nostalgia fits in with the 90s revival. Answer : it doesn’t. Also, in his issue, Mark P. Williams analyses the ethical and stylistic challenges involved in using real life war and conflict as the raw material for contemporary fiction. And in Cartoon Alley this month, we have new work by the team of Mike Brown and Mat Tait.

Thanks again, to Alastair Thompson and David McLellan for helping me post this online. Werewolf is a thank you to Scoop readers and is intended as an outlet for local writers and artists. If you want to be involved, contact me at gordon@scoop.co.nz and let's talk story ideas.

Gordon Campbell
Editor, Werewolf.

gordon@werewolf.co.nz

The contents of this edition are:

Ten Myths About Asset Sales
http://werewolf.co.nz/2011/09/ten-myths-about-asset-sales/
Selling down the public’s stake in energy companies and Air NZ makes little sense, socially or economically
by Gordon Campbell

Cricket and Depression
http://werewolf.co.nz/2011/09/cricket-and-depression/
Is there something about cricket that puts its top players at greater risk of mental illness?
by Gordon Campbell

Too Old To Vote?
http://werewolf.co.nz/2011/09/too-old-to-vote/
As the population ages, will senile voters decide the election outcome in future?
by Gordon Campbell

Imagining War
http://werewolf.co.nz/2011/09/imagining-war/
The ethical and stylistic issues in using real-life war zones as a basis for contemporary fiction
by Mark P. Williams

and from last edition...

Train Wreck at Kiwirail
http://werewolf.co.nz/2011/08/train-wreck-at-kiwirail/"
Behind the job losses at Hillside and Woburn…
by Gordon Campbell

Losing Student Media
http://werewolf.co.nz/2011/08/losing-student-media/"
Tracing one likely effect of voluntary student membership
by Sarah Robson

Classics : Lady and the Tramp (1955) and Benji (1974)
http://werewolf.co.nz/2011/09/classics-lady-and-the-tramp-1955-and-benji-1974/
How Disney (and others) teach children that living in a nice suburban home beats living free in the city
by Grace C. Russell

Left Coasting : Barricading the Information Superplaza
http://werewolf.co.nz/2011/09/left-coasting-barricading-the-information-superplaza/
BART starts a free speech firestorm
by Rosalea Barker

Touching the Void
http://werewolf.co.nz/2011/09/touching-the-void/
In Melancholia Lars von Trier hives off serenely into the cosmos
by Philip Matthews

From the Hood: The Inspector Protector
http://werewolf.co.nz/2011/09/from-the-hood-the-inspector-protector/
Inspection is my life
by By Lyndon Hood

Milestone Movies : Cave of Forgotten Dreams ( 2010)
http://werewolf.co.nz/2011/09/milestone-movies-cave-of-forgotten-dreams-2010/
This time, Werner Herzog’s process of turning obsession into art begins with art
by Brannavan Gnanalingham

The Complicatist : Retromania ( yet again)
http://werewolf.co.nz/2011/09/the-complicatist-retromania-yet-again/
We’re all busy making plans for the past
by Gordon Campbell

Cartoon Alley : Mat Tait & Mike Brown
http://werewolf.co.nz/2011/09/cartoon-alley-mike-brown-mat-tait/
Mat Tait is a South Island based cartoonist and illustrator. Mike Brown lives in Wellington and is currently writing a PhD thesis on New Zealand vernacular musics.
by Mike Brown & Mat Tait

* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 25, August 2011 * * * * *
http://werewolf.co.nz/2011/09/werewolf-issue-25-august-2011/
The August 2011 Edition of Werewolf
by Werewolf

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