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Joni Mitchell: Reckless Daughter
Graeme Downes has been listening to Don Juan's Reckless Daughter a 1977 double album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Graeme Downes is a musicologist and senior lecturer in the Department… Audio
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Striking a chord
Music! It's a world of endless complexity, limitless possibilities ... over the course of human history we've written millions of songs, concertos, jams and ditties. Audio
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'Mega mast' prompts biggest ever DOC 1080 drops
Forest and Bird is calling on the Department of Conservation to ramp up its responses to what's being called a mega mast, which could unleash a plague of predators on threatened native species.
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Mediawatch Midweek 19 December 2018
Mediawatch's regular catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock chats to Karyn Hay about Grace Millane coverage, murder podcast enthusiasm, A Spinoff series spinning out of control on the author… Video, Audio
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Mediawatch Midweek 19 December 2018
Mediawatch's regular catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock chats to Karyn Hay about Grace Millane coverage, murder podcast enthusiasm, A Spinoff series spinning out of control on the author…
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Musical endings and new beginnings
Musicologist Graeme Downes marks the recent death of Pete Shelley, founder of the Buzzcocks, by sharing something of the great musical wit we've lost. There's also room for some Bruce Springsteen… Audio
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Quote of the Year: Simon Bridges' Paula 'Benefit' gaffe
A slip of the tongue by National Party leader Simon Bridges has become the winner of this year's best quote.
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Australia chasing record for first test win
Australia will set an Adelaide Oval record if they manage to win the first test against India, having been set an imposing target of 323 on day four.
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Coach and athlete exchanged sexually explicit messages
The jury in the trial of a sports coach accused of sexually abusing a female athlete has seen sexually explicit text messages the pair exchanged.
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Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures
A chance sighting of a young student wearing a t-shirt of Joy Division's breakthrough album Unknown Pleasures, caused Graeme Downes to dust off his vinyl copy and reacquaint himself with the record… Audio
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Sports coach accused of sexually abusing athlete
A sports coach accused of sexually abusing one of his athletes is standing trial in the Auckland District Court.
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Sound Lounge: Kelly Moran's Black Metal-influenced prepared piano album Bloodroot; Michael Norris explores four underworlds in his string quartet Exitus
Audio 24 Nov 2018New York composer Kelly Moran takes the prepared piano on an evocative journey that calls up the ghosts of a supernatural gamelan and makes them dance in a land neighboring John Cage’s imaginary… Video
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Who killed Pamela Werner? A new book on the murder mystery of old Peking
Who killed Pamela Werner? A new book on a murder mystery of old Peking, takes a new direction and casts doubt on a previous reconstruction of the 1937 killing.
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Trucking contracts 'putting staff at risk'
Trucking companies are competing for big contracts at the expense of their staff, a truck driver's union has warned.
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Music With Graeme Downes
Graeme Downes asks why Beethoven's Symphony No 9 is still such a big deal? Ahead of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's performance on Friday and Saturday, Graeme takes Kathryn through the symphony… Audio
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Songs of War and Protest
With Armistice Day coming up this Sunday, music commentator, Graeme Downes has been listening to protest songs. He chosen 3 that still resonate - 'Talkin World War III Blues' by Bob Dylan… Audio
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Hotel California & other songs that never let you leave
Graeme Downes has been listening to The Eagles famous song Hotel California ahead of their tour to New Zealand next year. This got him thinking about other songs where circularity is a strong theme… Audio
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Reality bites for Jami-Lee Ross
Opinion - There are signs that National's civil war has forced a reality check for both the party and Jami-Lee Ross, writes Bryce Edwards.
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Commerce Commission takes legal action against Vector
An Auckland resident who was without power for three days due to an outage says she has lost confidence in lines companies.
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Straightjacket Fits
Graeme Downes reviews the music of legendary Kiwi band Straitjacket Fits ahead of their four-city reunion tour starting at the end of next month. Audio
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Classic collaboration: Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick
Graeme Downes takes a timely look at the iconic sound of Burt Bacharach, Hall David and Dionne Warwick. He's been listening to 'Walk On By', 'Anyone Who Had a Heart', 'Do You Know the Way to San Jose'… Audio
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Fighting back against the avocado crime wave
Burgled and beaten up, avocado growers are sleeping in their orchards, patrolling the streets at night and using CCTV to protect their 'green gold' from organised crime and a fruit blackmarket. Video
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Price well placed at World Equestrian Games
World number two eventer Tim Price is the best of the New Zealanders at the end of the dressage at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in North Carolina.
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The different sounds of Aretha Franklin
Graeme Downes has been listening to Aretha Franklin's back catalogue and chosen four different examples of her genius. Natural Woman, Chain of Fools, Say a Little Prayer and Eleanor Rigby. Graeme… Audio
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The Chills, Snow Bound
Graeme Downes reviews The Chills new album, Snow Bound. Graeme says this is unmistakably a Chills album ... from first note to last. Snow Bound will be released on September 14th. Audio
