Kelly chats live in studio to National MP Jami-Lee Ross about the recent changes to the skilled migrant visas and the essential skills visas that the government made. They also explored the approaches of other party's to immigration, and National's response to filling skilled labour gaps.
Theo had a korero with Michel Chion. Chion was recently in Auckland to give a performance and also a talk about 'the voice in cinema' at Auckland Art Gallery. Chion is a composer of experimental music. He teaches at several institutions in France and currently holds the post of Associate Professor at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle where he is a theoretician and teacher of audio-visual relationships. Theo and Rachel were in the studio.
Word Up' competition winner Fili Fepulea’i Tapua’i performs her winning piece.
Odesza also comes into the studio just after 6 to play a couple of tunes off their new record ahead of their show at the town hall.
This week Sam takes a look at the final studio album by British singer-songwriter Nick Drake, "Pink Moon." Released in 1972, two years before Drake's untimely death, "Pink Moon" is considered a classic British album from one of the leading lights to come out of Britain's folk scene in the 60s and 70s.
Deputy Paul is on this week with new tunes from Jenny Don't & The Spurs, Lazerus Nichols, Brandon Luedtke, Shovels & Rope & Sarah Shook and The Disarmers. There's wonderment about with The Magic Factory, Natural Child & Creedence. We jump into the blues hole with Muddy, JB Hutto & His Hawks and Heart Attack Alley plus Simon Coombe from Heriot Row plays a couple live in the studio.
This week Sam takes a look at the final studio album from British band the Jam. Released in 1982, "The Gift" was one of the Jam's most commercially successful albums but also helped hasten the demise of the group over the future musical direction of the group.
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.
On todays wire, Will takes over the show in his first of a 4 week stint of hosting the show. Reuben and Will chat to Allan Blackman about another pseudo-science story, about a woman who claimed to cure her own brain cancer with alternative medicine. We also have news cheif Lillian Hanly come into the studio to talk about the language and stereotypes surrounding the use of the word 'gay' in Kiwi culture.
bFM's own news director Lillian Hanly joins Will and Reuben live in studio to discuss the implications of using the word 'gay'. The discussion centres around a new advertisment produced by Rainbow Youth, addressing how using 'gay' as a flippant exclamation can do more damage than we might think.
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