Sydney’s most famous landmark and popular tourist attraction is getting its very own online exhibition to celebrate the 85th anniversary of its grand opening. Published by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), this exhibition features historical footage from the construction of Sydney’s Harbour Bridge up to its controversial opening ceremony in 1932. […]
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Following the release of his album ‘Skeleton Blues’ (available here) Luke Escombe had a chat with David Barr on Tuesday Drive. Have a listen to the podcast below, in which two of Luke’s newest songs ‘The Man In The Long Black coat’ and ‘John The Revelator’ are played. They discuss the old-school way that […]
Anyone who expects the media to tell the whole story isn’t living in the post-fact universe. Just ask the thousands of American scientists who hit the streets in Boston last weekend protesting the Trump Administration’s rejection and active repression of fact based scientific analysis. In Australia we are blessed with a vocal, hard working, […]
This Arts Thursday – two distinct perspectives on the visual arts in Sydney! Firstly, an interview with John Firth-Smith, long established as a painter, much awarded and widely collected, the artist generously shares his anecdotes and gives us an insight into his new works, now on view at the King Street […]
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If you are in town during the week of International Women’s Day, don’t miss out Cuban-born piano virtuoso Alfredo Rodriguez who will be performing at The Basement on Sunday 12th of March 2017. Stéphanie Denizard, radio producer and presenter of Queen Kafé had a chat with Alfredo and talked about the women who […]
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Austrian-born London-based musician Manu Delago is a multi-instrumentalist by design. Yet it came to be that in a career spanning over 10 years, the Tru-Thoughts signee is most known for playing the Hang, a percussive instrument that creates sounds so unable to be pigeonholed. It’s this flexibility that has led him to poignant collaborations with prominent […]
Catalysts and Black humour Missed tonight’s show? Plug into the podcast here: https://eastsidefm.org/boilingpoint/ Tim speed visited the three new catalysts processes replacing platinum and speeding our progress towards renewable energy generation; Carbon derived enzymes, new carbon forms and rationing what we already have! (Novel hu?)… https://www.sciencenews.org/…/new-greener-catalysts-are-bui… And Chantelle checked in with Freud’s 1905 theory that […]
Ed Lippmann continues with this series of Sydney By Design at 10:40 am, with Part 4 of our discussion of the vision for Sydney of the Greater Sydney Commission. This week Ed looks at the proposal for East City. My special guest at 11:00 am this week is Dr Lisa Murray. Lisa has been a […]
Join me, Jane Raffan, on Monday 6 March for a program devoted to questions about cultural norms, nationhood and identity. I’ll be interviewing Claire Monneraye, curator at the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, about the exhibition Under the Sun, in which 15 artists from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds respond to max Dupain’s iconic Sunbaker […]
Earth metals, Olympic medals, Warpaint, Powerful Owls…. While talk of the energy revolution sweeping the globe filled our minds, we cooled our ears this week with the sound of freedom – a pair of hooting powerful owls brought to us by some lovely bush lovers from down Bundeena way. We needed the cool hoots of […]
Presenter – Bronwyn Rennex Today I’ll be talking about Art Month Sydney, which runs from the 1-20 March. Art Month Sydney is a city wide festival that celebrates contemporary art and artists through a rich and diverse program of exhibitions, workshops, panel discussions, artists studio visits, tours, precinct nights and more. I’ll be interviewing Artistic Director Barry […]
At the risk of sounding boring, this week’s show is a replica of last week’s except that this week it really will take place. You just have to forgive the drastic technical glitch, which saw the program aborted. Sooooo, here we go again: Ed Lippmann continues with Part 3 of our discussion on the vision […]