After almost six years and over 250 shows (that’s a lot of themes!) Radio Ga Ga is coming to an end on Saturday the 9th of July 2011. Join host Shaun Stokie from 10 am for two hours of his favorite tracks. Def Leppard, Bruce Springsteen & Queen are certain to get an airing but how many Duran Duran tracks will feature?
Read moreWHAT MUSIC WOULD YOU LIKE TO LISTEN TO IF YOU WERE STRANDED ON A TROPICAL ISLAND? Hi, I’m Pauline O’Brien and I am your presenter of this program which is heard every Thursday at 11.00 am to 12 noon and I play the music that I would love to listen to if I were stranded on a tropical island. Each
Read moreAh the charm of Ezra Bix. And the talent. Shirley & I talked with Ezra – actor, writer, performance poet – last Thursday evening on Write Now. Today on Best Medicine I’m playing that interview. Why – I hear you ask? Because in his writing there is wonder, joy, celebration, playfulness – which we can all do with a huge
Read moreOn Built For Speed we enjoy a self-indulgent list so recently we listed our favourite TV comedies. Below are Nick’s top five. 1. CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (2000 – present) Curb Your Enthusiasm depicts the semi-fictionalised daily life of Seinfeld co-creator Larry David. Like all great comic characters Larry is utterly contemptible but also sympathetic. Despite having enormous wealth and success
Read moreJust like PM Julia Gillard and the Carbon Tax, we have changed our mind and have a new theme for Radio Ga Ga on Saturday the 2nd of July. We will be presenting two hours of songs which feature the harmonica. Alanis Morissette’s Hand In My Pocket, There Must Be An Angel by Eurythmics & Love Me Do by The
Read moreWith the 4th of July approaching, Built For Speed plays all American music. We look at some of our favourite US artists, those who celebrate the country and those who critique it including #REM, #BobDylan, #PublicEnemy and #TheReplacements. With school holidays descending upon us we review blockbuster film release #Transformers: Dark of the moon and just for something different, an Australian film,
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