Rachael talked to Bianca Rocca and Toya Webb about their show 'Working Title', on at the George Fraser Gallery. Theo was in studio and played some Korean experimental music from the Bulgasari community. He also played some commentry from John Waters, the director of Multiple Maniacs.
Music can be a pretty unifying force, especially for the geographically isolated. Kiran talks to Mikey about music critic David Keenan's first novel, This Is Memorial Device, which evokes this idea while portraying a fictional post-punk band in '70s-'80s small town Scotland.
Alex picks a show Mike's had on the brain for ages - the '70s crime drama Quarry. With an antihero whose story spans the Mekong to the Mississippi, Alex gets in behind to make some bold claims of quality.
New data from Stats NZ has recently shown the rate of annual inflation in Aotearoa has remained stagnant at 7.2 percent.
Food, construction and airfare prices have gone up, however the dropping prices of fuel have led the mean to being balanced where it was.
The news came in conjunction with the swearing in of Chris Hipkins as the new prime minister, who has stated his biggest priority is the cost of living crisis for lower and middle income New Zealanders.
To learn more about what the numbers mean, Liam spoke to UoA economist Robert MaCulloch.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: we seek out Mike within Auckland City's Limits; special announcements; The D4's Dion drops by to talk reunions, ceiling vomit, and farewelling the Kings Arms; Kiran hearts grunge; and Ange hearts clay.
Nothing stops the radio and Jess from providing hot new tunes to you in level 3 lockdown. Jess plays new tracks from Girl Friday, Haruka Salt, Marie Davidson, Ingrid and the Ministers, and many more.
Eyeliner (Luke Rowell) talks to Jess about tracks from his new album, 'Drop Shadow', for Long Player. Thanks to NZ On Air Music!
Council-owned company Ports of Auckland has a firm focus on becoming New Zealand’s most sustainable port, with the goal of being carbon neutral by 2025. The company has come a step closer to this by introducing LED flood lights on site. bFM reporter Dylan Kelly speaks Ports of Auckland spokesperon Matt Ball about the initiative.
Blind Mango Chutney plays some classics, and a preview of Calexico ahead of their gig in Auckland on 11 Feb, plus an interview with Kiwi entrepreneur and philanthropist Michael Watt who co-owns Ronnie Scott’s in London. Michael (83) name drops galore with local music promoter and friend of the Jazz Show Nathan Graves to highlight some of his colourful past that led to using a “lazy couple of million” to “clean up a shit hole” 20 years ago and turn Ronnie Scott’s around to preserve the famed jazz venue.
This week on Dear Science Allan chatted with Casper about detecting Parkinson's disease by smell, a plastic that destroys viruses, and the purple on Alahambra's ceiling.
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