Drum Roll…..Boiling Point is back on the airwaves. Tonight Luke explored early evidence supporting the long held belief major depressive orders are hereditary, with researchers finding 15 associated loci https://www.technologyreview.com/…/23andme-pulls-off-massiv… … And Danny gave us 12 months to plan observation of the 2017 total solar eclipse- best visible from the USA! (Or live streamed) https://www.sciencenews.org/…/astronomers-prepare-2017-sola… […]
Category: Program Blogs
Arts Wednesday 24 August 2016
At 10:40 am Ed Lippmann continues our SBD series on Sydney and this week Ed talks about Parramatta. At 11:00 am my special guest is Inspector Shantel Cogno, Manager of the Missing Persons Unit of the NSW Police. I asked Shantel who is a missing person, why do people go missing and which groups in our community […]
Bobby Hutcherson 1941-2016 R.I.P.
Bobby Hutcherson, player of the vibraphone and marimba, passed away during the week. His music is loved by all and he will be sorely missed. His family seems to have been musically well-connected; his older brother hung with Dexter Gordon and his sister introduced him to Eric Dolphy. His earliest musical associations were with personnel […]
Jazz Made In Australia- 22 August 2016- Fiddes vs Tinkler
The Jazz Groove Mothership Orchestra was formed in 2003 to provide an 0utlet for talented composes to have their work expressed by creative musicians. It has featured the work of both Australian and International composers. It is considered to be Australia’s premier jazz orchestra. The Orchestra’s latest CD release in early 2016 is “Fiddes VS […]
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Jack Carty and Katie Brianna join me in the studio!
What a special treat to have not one, but two guests in the studio this week. Jack Carty is in Sydney with a new album in tow. Despite deciding to enjoy some well earned time off, Carty spent the last year recording a full album in his little flat in Brisbane. The result is a […]
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Drive Tuesday- 23 August 2016- Interview with Corey Harris
Corey Harris is one of the pre-eminent contemporary acoustic blues musicians. He is currently touring Australia. In the upcoming show of Drive Tuesday he talks with David Barr about his music which encompasses blues, reggae and African styles. Corey will be playing a couple of his songs during the show. He is appearing at The Basement […]
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Moodswing Playlist – Fat, Funky 80s!
Selected & Presented by DJ Taline Aired 16th August 2016 on Eastside Radio 89.7FM 8.00-9.30pm Tonight’s Moodswing is an upbeat selection of fat bass synth, sassy lyrics and cheesy beats. 80s soul and funk, with the likes of Chaka Khan, Shalamar, Patrice Rushen, Leon Haywood, The S.O.S. Band, Sister Sledge, The Fatback Band and more. DJ Taline’s mixes, radio […]
Arts Wednesday 17 August 2017
Ed Lippmann returns at 10:40 am with Part 3 of Sydney By Design and this week talks about Sydney’s topography in this series about Sydney. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Andrew Jacob, Curator at the Powerhouse Museum, talking about the Large Hadron Collider, the subject of a new exhibition from the Science […]
Wot’s On this Week? Can green technology save the planet? Can quantum physics get any sexier?
Tonight, Tuesday 16th August, you can choose from a fabulous mix of the latest bright green thinking at the Greenhouse smart talks with organic snacks, Save the Planet? There’s an app for that, Junction Cafe, the Powerhouse Museum, or OzDox’s evening of storytelling mayhem, How to Make a Great Science Documentary: Spin Coherence and Decoherence […]
Album of the Week – Midnight at the Plutonium by The John Steel Singers
‘Midnight at the Plutonium’ by The John Steel Singers is Eastside Radio’s Album of the week. This week we bring you yet another great homegrown Australian album, bringing the funk from Brisbane is five piece band The John Steel Singers and no none of the members are named John Steel apparantely they named […]
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Jazz Made In Australia- 15th August 2016- Peter Knight’s Way Out West
Melbourne based Peter Knight is a multi-disciplinary musician. He is a trumpet player, band leader, composer and sound artist. His work covers jazz, world music and experimental music in a range of ensemble settings. He composes for theatre and creates sound installations. Peter is also the artistic direct0r of the Australian Art Orchestra, one of […]
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World’s Collide! Stingray Sisters, Ghost Girls, Meat Free Messiah
Next Monday’s show is a combustible blend of multicultural surprises from Richard Cornish talking up his memoir of the year he gave up meat, to quick chats with the geniuses behind Stingray Sisters, an innovative indigenous doco series, and Ghost Girls, a new contemporary novel set in the Sydney we never see on TV, amidst […]
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