Amelia is joined by Che aka bb gurl aka Mallshopper for a conclusive list of the best of the best anime of all time PERIOD. But none of that Shonen nonsense - the good stuff.
Dedicated to all the musicians of Wellington: past, present, and future.
On Morning Glory, Sofia Kent spoke with Daniel Beban about his first, but not last, publication called Future Jaw-Clap: The Primitive Art Group and Braille Collective.
The story follows self-made musicians of the jazz ensemble Primitive Art Group, acting as a portal into the punk jazz scene amidst the backdrop of a choppy 80's Wellington.
They discuss Beban's extensive music and sound ventures, compiling a period of time, Robert Muldoon, and how the book hopes to serve future generations to come.
Alag is artist Tarika Sabherwal’s first solo exhibition at Season Aoteaora.
The title itself has a double meaning, by which it can be read as either alāg, as in the Hindi word for separate, apart, parted, or different; or a lag, as in a lag in communication or a glitch in some sort of system.
The images are drawn from Hindi iconography, continuing a theme in Sabherwal’s practice of exploring and reimagining well-known motifs, as seen in paintings of horses and felines, for example.
The works show a continuation of a side of Sabherwal’s practice which uses an airbrush tool to paint onto raw canvas, creating a dyed effect and bold contrast.
Sofia had a kōrero with Tarika about her practice and Alag.
Chris Riddell is a world-renowned illustrator and author of children’s books and the political cartoonist for the Observernewspaper. He has collaborated with artists and writers such as Neil Gaiman, Phoebe Bridgers and Frances Hardinge. In 2018 he travelled to Aotearoa to speak at the Auckland Writers Festival. Most recently, Chris has releasedI Can’t Remember What We Talked About, a slim volume of 24 poems.
Beth and Chris chat about the creative process of art-making and poetry writing, love of nature, designing pop-up books for the backdrop of Phoebe Bridgers’ tour and magical pear tree staffs. Chris reads some poems and they also speak about what it’s like being a political cartoonist in the current political climate.
Frances Chan features the brand new album by Clear Path Ensemble from Wellington and plays a round of jazz-tinged reggae.
Setlist:
Sarah Vaughan – Summertime
Clear Path Ensemble – Drumatix
Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann – Dr T
Perez Prado – Music Makers
Jean Carn, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Black Love
Clear Path Ensemble – Solar Eclipse
Mark de Clive-Lowe – Third Plane
Theo Croker ft. Ego Ella May – Somethin’
Raffy Bushman – Olympus
Str4ta & Emma-Jean Thackray – Lazy Days
Swindle – Miss Kane
Athletic Progression – And1
Athletic Progression – Emelev
Linton Kwesi Johnson – Wat About Di Workin’ Class
Ernest Ranglin – D’Accord Dakar
Rotterdam Ska-Jazz Foundation – St James Infirmary
Jaco Pastorius, Bireli Lagrene, Thomas Borocz – I Shot the Sheriff
Ezra Collective – Ego Killah
Thomas McCook – Caution
The Aggrovators – Springtime
Clear Path Ensemble – Sunrise Motif
Telecom company One NZ, previously Vodafone, was recently acquired by investment management company Infratil, which under the backdrop of unionisation efforts, has started to downsize the company in order to maximise profits. The latest announcement from the CEO includes changes that might result in 10-20% of the workforce being made redundant.
Spike spoke to Unite Union Contact Center organiser Sam Burnside-Woods about unionisation at One NZ, work from home policies, and the ongoing redundancy waves.
Oto and Jaycee played a variety of shoegaze and dreampop tracks by artists from across Southeast-Asia and had a chat with Daystar, a Singaporean artist who recently dropped a track called 'washed up' in the lead up to his upcoming E.P.
Oto and Jaycee spoke with Tāmaki Makaurau singer-songwriter, Reia Guess, and played 2 hours of music by singer songwriters and dreampop artists from the Asian diaspora.
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