On the eve of a tour/EP release combo, Jock Nowell-Usticke a.k.a. BAYNK drops by to talk Kanye West's work ethic, stolen laptops and phonecalls from Mark Kneebone.
On the day of closing registrations we chat to HP48HRS Auckland City Manager, Morgan Leigh Stewart. In the famous speed-filmaking competition, how many team members are too many? What's this WIFT award then? What the hell is 'Ultra'? And who slammed what door in which face?
Seventy years on and Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire is still considered one of the Western theatrical canon's most powerful portrayals of sexual repression and class inequality. In honour of Silo Theatre's 20th year, Silo legend Shane Bosher has updated the play to sit within Trump's America and stuffed it with a stellar cast. Playing Stella Kowalski, the wonderful Morgana O'Reilly drops in to the studio to talk Southern accents, greasy t-shirts and Cigarettes After Sex.
Listening to Bob Seger's Night Moves proved more fruitful for these musicians than originally intended. With their debut long player out today, Magic Factory talk graft, glitter and Working with Gold.
James Lavelle has some advice for Mikey regarding his first edition UNKLE figurine. And, y'know, that new album he's got coming out featuring Mark Lanegan, ESKA, Liela Moss, Troy Van Leeuwen, Andrew Innes, etc... no biggie.
To celebrate the twentieth anniversary reissue of her debut album, Drive, Bic Runga joins Mikey to talk about the nineties, the SkyTower, adolescent cringe, and that blue opera singer lady from The Fifth Element.
Filmmaker Ursula Williams drops in to the studio to talk documentaries, art installations and her place within the 2017 Loading Docs initiative. As one of 10 directors each making a three minute short on the topic of 'diversity', Ursula introduces us to her subject: Auckland artist John Radford... and his sleazy real estate alter-ego Ron Jadford. With his work focussed on the destruction of inner city domestic architecture, Radford asks: what will exist where you live 100 years from now?
Watch the ten short documentaries, including Ursula's, from August 11th at: http://loadingdocs.net/
Writer/broadcaster Ali Ikram is one of the panelists taking part in Auckland Museum's latest curated evening, LATE 2017: Home Sweet Home? A Question of Immigration. A hot-button topic not only in our election lead up, but around the world post Brexit and Trump, the important issue of immigration is a sensitive, nuanced one to tackle. So with that in mind, who will be taking part in Wednesday's discussion and how does Ali think it will all go down?
"Fuck the band. Fuck that documentary. Fuck it all!"
Head Like a Hole's Nigel Regan calls in ahead of the NZIFF premiere of Swagger of Thieves, Julian Boshier's new documentary on the group. Over ten years in the making, including unprecedented band member access and brutal honesty, how does Nigel feel as premiere night approaches?
On the day of the release of their new album, St. Ranga, Bloodnut storm the studio to talk deep dirge rock, gigging and the perils of residing on the Scottish end of the melanin spectrum.
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