Writer / director Phil Brough stops in to talk napping, screaming and his big win at the Show Me Shorts Film Festival's opening night. Taking out 'Best NZ Film', Phil's short Fire in Cardboard City is now eligible for Academy Award® nomination. Better get along and see it then, huh?
The intrepid Kermath returns to us straight from the boozy arms of the Melbourne PAX Festival, with many a gaming world tale to tell. Ably joined by gaming veteran Mack, the pair discuss the increasingly monetised world of eSports and muse upon its seemingly massive future.
Camp mother Kat Saunders and Street Chant's Billie Rogers drop by to talk to us about Girls Rock! Camp Aotearoa - an international initiative that the pair are helping establish in NZ which aims to unite young women within the confidence, empowerment and general kickass-dom of creating their own music. Up to 40 campers aged between 12-17 will take over MAINZ next January... and you can help amplify them all the way to eleven.
Check out their Boosted page and get involved HERE.
Natalie stops in to chat about the piece she's helped bring to TEMPO, the yearly festival of dance that unites 700+ artists to perform in a vibrant programme that celebrates the discipline's diversity. Natalie's piece, Orchids, was a collaborative three years in the making and while it's sadly sold out this time around... it'll hopefully return to Auckland audiences soon before it launches into the wider world.
With their five date NZ tour already underway, Die! Die! Die!'s Andrew Wilson calls in from the shadow of the Huntly Power Station to talk promoter fibs, touring plans, and the band's new album Charm. Offensive.
On the day they start their third NZ tour, Shonen Knife drop by to talk to Mikey and play a couple of tracks _just for you_ live in the bFM studio. You lucky little bastards. Tickets from UTR.