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At long last Sydney has its first queer history museum. From HIV to LOTL (Lesbians on the Loose) from the 1890s to the 78ers to Mick Fuller's apology, it's a story that needed to be told. In a delicious form of revenge-served-cold, the museum colonises the old Darlinghurst police station, a lovely arts and crafts [...]Read More... from QTOPIA: A tour of Sydney’s first Queer Museum – 89.7 Eastside FM
We're fortunate enough to have the great, the talented, the lovely, the Australian Institution that is Garage Pressure coming down to play for us on April 1st at Cosmic Boogie. To celebrate Farj has done a very special radio show for us from Eastside FM full of new and old incredible 4x4 UKG. It's a fabulous mix that includes a voiceover tracklist (for those playing along at home) and We can't wait to hear them do it live for us in the Lord Gladstone courtyard. Big up lads! Huge vibes! See you there xx
Drugs are bad… but are all drugs bad? What is it that categorizes some drugs as bad or ok to use occasionally? Why do some drugs have a stigma against them, while others are commonly portrayed on the big screen as the cool thing to do? And can some drugs, in controlled and monitored doses, be used to treat mental illness? Find out in this episode of Boiling Point at Eastside FM. In this weeks episode Anastasia, your host, is chatting with Dr. Sam Banister. Sam is a scientist but also an entrepreneur. Sam is a chemist who studies how different drugs effect the human body, he is the founder of Psylo Australia's first psychedelics biotech company that designs the next generation of medicines to treat mental illness. If you thought that wasn't cool enough, Sam is also a Skydiver. Connect with Sam: Twitter LinkedIn Psylo Website Psylo Twitter Psylo LinkedIn Purchase Psylo merch with all proceeds supporting Black Dog Institute. Dont forget to follow Boiling Point on: Twitter Instagram Facebook
Episode 5 introducers the first of our Australian Singers Series. This episode was created for a good friend of Bobbie Thomas, after his sad passing on 6 December 2020. It showcases Bobbie's - or Rob's (as he was later-known) career that began in 1962 as a pop/rock singer before a shift into stage musicals, then a club performer and finally, a much-loved radio announcer on Eastside FM. It was quite a career!
Our Boy Rubio was positively Thrilled!! to be invited back on the Garage Pressure show on Eastside FM a few weeks back. If you haven't heard it, here's the very eclectic set he dropped without any vocals / radio drops. ENJOY!
On todays episode of Coogee Voice we are speak with the host of Thursday Drive on Eastside FM and Eastern Suburbs local, Gemma Purves. Gemma is a media master, with a media career spanning from the stock exchange of London, who is now hosting her own show at Eastside FM. This episode explores everything from the importance of community media and news for communities, what up and coming artists you should all watch out for, to what events and venues need to do to become inclusive.
Matthew Evans, the author of the new book On Eating Meat, chats to David Barr about the ethics of eating meat and whether there is any way to ethically consume food in a money-hungry world. Is going vegan the answer? How do we differentiate between the animals killed for livestock, and the ones killed to […]
We’re saving the planet one magic trick at a time. Adam Axford comes in for some live-on-air magic tricks, and teaches us a thing or two about doing our bit for the environment. Find his current Rulebreaker touring dates and where to buy tickets here: https://www.adamaxford.com.au/
Professor Matthew England from the Climate Change Research Centre, comes into the studio to talk about the climate crisis, and the terrors at the bottom of the ocean. Is it too late for us to make a change? And whose responsibility is it anyway? Ruth Hessey and Matthew England get to the bottom of whether […]
David Barr from Drive Tuesday recently caught up with Bondi Feast Co-Director, Rachel Chant about this ‘feast’ of entertainment that is about to descend on Bondi. Also there were Mikala Westall and Adriane Daff from one of the theatrical events – The Lady Of The Tiger. Bondi Feast promises to be a wonderful 10 days […]
On Thursday 20 June 2019 classical trained soprano Sara Macliver joined Gemma on Thursday Drive to chat about her current performance; a song recital with Ian Munro on the piano titled Songs My Mother Taught Me – a selection of well-known and not-so-well-known songs to champion women, their stories and their music. A homage to […]
Sebastian Job from the Australian Psychedelic Society chats to Ruth Hessey on Monday Drive about psychedelic plants in a commercial world.
Matt Rose, the Economy and Democracy Program Manager at the Australian Conservation Foundation chats with Ruth Hessey about the impact of climate change on our economy.
Screenwriter and actor, Shawn Spina, and Screenability programmer, Sofya Golan, chat to Ruth Hessey about Sydney Film Festival and working with disability in the public creative sphere. Shawn chats about his debut short film, ‘Prone to the Drone’, premiering at Sydney Film Festival this year. Watch the trailer for ‘Prone to the Drone’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GKpg2_heZY
Dr. Jodi Rowley from the Australian Museum chats to Ruth Hessey about the decline of our Green Tree Frog and what you can do at home to help out. Learn how to ID frogs in your own backyard on Monday Drive. Check out the FrogID app for iOS and Android here: https://www.frogid.net.au/
Woollahra Philharmonic Orchestra is presenting twoDestinations and Adventures concerts at St Columba Uniting Church later this month.Drive Tuesday spoke to flautist and orchestra leader Martin Cohen about the orchestra and the concerts on 22 and 23 June. Guest conductor is John Buckley who has appeared with the orchestra once before in 2017. The orchestra comprises […]
Musician Adam Blacksmith comes into the studio to chat about the music program at Long Bay Correctional Centre, Ballads Behind Bars, and their new album Songbirds. You can buy a copy of the album here: https://songbirds.bandcamp.com/releases Follow Adam Blacksmith on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/adamblacksmithmusic/) and download his personal tracks here: https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/adam-blacksmith
Jeff Angel, director of the Total Environment Centre, chats to Ruth Hessey on Monday drive about the recent labour election loss, and what that means for environmental activism in Australia for the next three years.
Jazz musician Sean Wayland sat down for a chat with Matt and Dan on their show Blow at Eastside FM on Thursday the 7th of February discussing the legendary Horst Liepolt. Horst Liepolt, immigrated from Germany in 1951 and after a period in Melbourne, where he opened the club Jazz Centre 44, came to Sydney […]
Elaine Chia the CEO of City Recital Hall joined us at Eastside FM for an interview by Virginia Lowe on Arts Wednesday. Chia tells Eastside how though she’s always had a passion for music, her degree was actually in interior architecture. During her time studying she worked at The Princess Theatre in Melbourne as an […]
In Finding Voice, Bangladeshi poet and journalist Humayun Reza speaks about the challenges some writers face in Australia. Produced by Mick Paddon of Eastside FM. Supervising production by Sharon Davis. Discover more at the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) website.
William Crighton dropped by Eastside FM for a chat with Cathy Kirkpatrick about his brand new ablum “Empire”, and played “Happiness” and “Morning Song” live on The Last Waltz. This extraordinary artist was born in the Riverina, now living in Hunter Valley, songs are fuelled with enormous passion and hope for a better, brighter future. […]
Lamine Sonko & The African intelligence burst onto the Australian music scene back in 2014 delivering a crowd-stopping performance to over 50,000 at Federation Square in Melbourne. A big band sound of African roots music, jazz and reggae, the 10 piece ensemble capture ancient pulsing rhythms accented by talking drum and virtuosic electric guitar. The band is […]
In this feature, we’ll be going behind the scenes to hear about a Sydney-based radio program, called Making Airwaves, which is created by people living with an intellectual disability. Find out all about it in All About Abilities, produced by Caroline Savransky and Kate Wadey. For further reading on this radio documentary, visit https://www.cbaa.org.au/article/all-about-abilities-eastside-fm-sydney All About Abilities comes to you as part of The National Features and Documentary Series in 2016, encouraging storytelling from new and emerging producers around Australia. For further information, visit nfds.org.au
www.TonyTrombo.com My guest for this show is Peter Dasent from Sydney Australia. He does a show called ONE SIZE FITS ALL on 89.7 Eastside FM in Sydney! He's also the composer for over 20 film and television shows INCLUDING some of our favorites from Peter Jackson! FACEBOOK