Jul/090
Mixed Bag
A wonderful mixed bag on the programme this week! Consider it an education; I sure enjoyed learning about sharing stories and saving them for future generations to enjoy. That’s the field of Community Archivist Kylie Ngaropo. She and the team at Archives New Zealand have just launched The Community Archive - an interactive, user generated archive to replace the piles of paper they used to have lying around their offices in Thorndon. Hugely interesting and user friendly, the site is set to become a veritable trove of taonga from the past. It’s worth perusing- I jumped on and learnt a little about the first European to settle my home town.
Baden interviews Clayton Curnow from Starlight Express and we sample a little music from Wellington locals The Great Hoax - bluesy and funky, these songs prove the power of sound to ignite your imagination. Cheers to Nick for letting us podcast them.
Do we have a thing for brothers? Perhaps! We’ve stumbled across a couple of talented siblings again this week. Joel and Jake from Binge Culture popped into the studio to introduce us to reality theatre. Described as a live experiment, Animal Hour promises to solve what ever Darwin couldn’t. Joel directs and Jake performs and with sax in tow they attempted to explain how a game show involving animals might work on stage. For the highlight of my week scroll along to 42.10 in the podcast. Binge Culture is another fabulous example of the best thing about Wellington Theatre- if people in this city don’t find theatre that works for them, they just get off the couch and start devising their own. The results are often spectacular. So cancel what ever you have planned this weekend, take our give away tickets and head along to Animal Hour for “lots of laughter, lots of awkwardness, a bit of fear”. It’s a little ludicrous, but Joel promises they take it all very seriously.
And with a poster like that you can’t say you’re not curious!... The animal on the poster is also the symbol of the worlds largest and most experienced independent conservation organisation. Click comment, tell me what (that) WWF stands for and two tickets to opening night of Animal Hour are all yours. You’ll probably get bonus Peoples Coffee too…
