Def Jim's Jazz Show this week features three personal favourites from the back catalogue of the tower of jazz drumming excellence that was the late Jack DeJohnette, a brand new release from the ever-interesting guitarist Nels Cline (think Wilco) and the latest find from his ongoing project to explore the 70s/80s work of saxophonist Chico Freeman. Plus, of course, a bunch of other quality album tracks from the past 50 years of recorded jazz, a couple of them very recent indeed. Play it, love it.
The government has just announced proposed changes regarding petrol and diesel rules. These changes will make way for greater possibilities regarding bio fuels and will hopefully have a positive affect on the environment by lowering gas emissions. But what even is bio fuel and how is it goingto help?
Labour’s spokesperson for the environment David Parker spoke with 95bFM reporter Olivia Mortimer-Eade.
Last week it was announced Recorded Music NZ will begin incorporating Bandcamp sales statistics into the New Zealand music charts. The charts will now include physical and digital sales from the online music store which RMNZ says is part of their aim to make the charts more reflective of the way people consume and purchase music. The move follows the incorporation of album stream statistics from sites such as Spotify from earlier in the year. Reporter Sam Smith spoke to RMNZ's data manager Paul Kennedy about the changes.
Re-usable shopping bags are a great way to reduce your plastic bag use. One of the biggest issues with reusable bags however, is forgetting to actually bring them with you when you shop. Gecko Bags NZ has founded a reusable bag economy to try and combat this. 95bFM reporter Dylan Kelly speaks with Annabeth Cohen to find out more.
Auckland's transport infrasture is ever changing, with new projects on the rise monthly. Bfm Reporter Adam Jacobson spoke with Transport Blog editor Matt Lowrie on the updating of cycle infrasture across the city, what future plans there may be for cycle ways, how the 2017 elections will affect the direction of current transport plans and finally where funding will be coming from post-2018.
This week, or last week as the case may be at this point in time, Sunday Best was chopped down to make way for the kids show extravaganza, however Angus Thunder still found time for a few choice cuts. Listen out for an inspired News and Editorial departments This Weeks Bits, where News and Editorial Director Ximena Smith forges a new lens of media analysis - necessary of course to deal with the constant stream of shit coming out of the USA..
AUT’s Allan Blackman joins us again live in the studio for Dear Science. This week, he talks to Ximena about how police have uncovered a new way that methamphetamine is being smuggled into New Zealand, new discoveries in finding the maximum speed of cooling, and also news that researchers in Poland have replicated the infamous Milgram Experiment, where a shockingly high number of participants were found willing to electrocute an innocent person.
AUT’s Allan Blackman joins us again live in the studio for Dear Science. Today he talks to Ximena about how scientists have found a way to reverse the ageing process, how scientists in Germany have switched on the world’s largest “artificial Sun” for the first time, and also about how the University of Melbourne has removed the name of a controversial professor from one of its buildings on campus.
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