Net Negotiations

This three week course will help parents and carers navigate the pros and cons of the internet and other technology and give them the information they need to talk to their children about:
- Safe use of the internet, social networking and mobile phones
- Responsible internet citizenship
- Inappropriate or unsafe internet and mobile phone use

When: 6:30pm, Wednesday 23rd May and following Wednesday 30th May & 6th June at same time
Where: Thornton Room, Woollahra Council Chambers, 536 New South Head Road, Double Bay
How much: $30 – Please book beforehand on 9391 7166
More info here

Adventures in the New Guinea Goldfields

Michael Waterhouse presents and talks about a rarely-seen 1930s silent film showing the aviation and mining activities of the largest gold mining company, Bulolo Gold Dredging, not to mention two extraordinary encounters with the local people. The film is in both black and white and colour and includes some remarkable anthropological footage.
When: 6:00-7:00pm, Thursday May 24
Where: Mitchell Theatre, Sydney Mechanics’ School of the Arts, 280 Pitt Street Sydney
How much: FREE
More info here

Late Night Library: Freak Me Out

Get freaked out at Late Night Library. A week before the Sydney Film Festival hits the big screens, Programmer Richard Kuipers discusses the lineup and provides a sneak peek at some of the freakiest films chosen for 2012.

When: 9:00-10:00pm, Thursday May 24th
Where: Level 1 Function room, Surry Hills Library, 405 Crown Street, Surry Hills
How much: FREE but please book here beforehand
More info here

Woollahra Council Local History Display

As part of Library & Information Week 2012, the Local History Centre will be opening its doors to residents and visitors with a special photographic display titled “Are you being served?” Come and see how your neighbourhood and suburb has evolved through the histories of houses and unique memorabilia.

When: 20-26 May, open Mon-Tues 10am-5pm, Thur-Fri 10am-2:30pm, closed other days
Where: Local History Centre, Sherbrooke Hall, Sherbrooke Avenue, Double Bay
How much: Free
More info here or on 9391 7942 (Woollahra Library and Information Service)

THE GREEN DESERT – Part of the Headon Photo Festival

For the past four years, award winning photographer Peter Elfes has documented Lake Eyre and the Central and Eastern desert regions of Australia. The Green Desert exhibition is a journey through time into the ancient world of Australia’s desert interior with its infinite horizons and the ever changing landscape.

It presents the outback in spectacular colour, featuring low level aerial images with astonishing detail that capture the beauty and remoteness of this environmentally and culturally significant part of Australia.

When: Exhibition runs until July 12th, Gallery open Mon-Fri 10am-7pm, Sat-Sun 11am-4pm
Where: Level 1 Exhibition lounge & library, Customs House, 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay
How much: FREE
More info here

Join hosts from Something Else, The Vinyl Frontier, Sounds of Soul and Unknown Pleasures.

As they bring you live performances from emerging artists, as well as interviews and live theatre.

Featuring Aussie soul king Doug Parkinson, soul diva Lily Dior and an eccentric and eclectic live theatre performance from Factotum and the Chekhov Three Sisters.

All this, in the intimate space of Cockatoo Calling, a pop-up venue at 47 George St, The Rocks.

Bring your love of music, claim your seat and be a part of broadcasting history at Eastside’s Pop-Up Radio.

From Thursday 31st May till Saturday 2nd June, between 6 and 8pm.

Admission is free.

Check eastsidefm.org for more details.

Supported by Places & Spaces and VIVID.

Program
Thursday 31 May

6pm Something Else with Julian, Maren and Lauren

Featuring Factotum with Chekhov’s Three Sisters and Soda Jerk

6.30pm The Vinyl Frontier with Toon and special live guests

Friday 1 June

6.30 – 9.30pm: Sounds of Soul 3 hr special! – with Agent Double O Soul and his guests Doug Parkinson and Lily Dior!

Saturday 2 June

5.30 – 8pm: Unknown Pleasures with The Neonhearts DJs.

Featuring Fanny Lumsden, The Preachers and Robot Haus

Fixed Term Position: 1^st August 2012 to 30 June 2013

Closing Date for Applications: 30^th of June 2012

Salary: $45,000 pro rata

Summary

We present Arts based programs every day of the week. We are currently seeking an experienced person to fulfill the role of an Executive Producer for these shows.

The successful candidate will have already worked in either the Arts and/or Journalism and/or Broadcasting sector and is looking for something with more flexibility. The position is for approximately 10 hours a week.

Short listed applicants will be interviewed by the Station Manager and a Member of the Board.

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a unique and innovative community station.

Please address the selection criteria in your application.

Duties:

• To manage all requests for interviews and disseminate accordingly
• To generate specific leads for on air content
• To coordinate all Arts programs into a consistent sounding block yet unique in each program
• Implement promotion and marketing strategy
• Coordination of on air and online broadcast
• Audience development of Eastside Arts
• Development of ideas for new Arts segments
• Monthly reporting on all Arts programs
• Managing guests both pre and post production
• Administrative tasks as required

Selection Criteria

Essential

• At least 2 year’s experience in either journalism or arts
• Experience in liaising with artists, volunteers, publicists and events
• Ability to input into the production process – e.g. interview concept, research, final production
• Strong arts industry contacts relevant to Eastside’s audiences

Desirable

• Excellent written communication skills
• Good face to face presentation skills
• Ability to manage a team of station volunteers
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent time management.

Applications

Please address the Selection Criteria in your application and send to:

Station Manager
Eastside Radio

PO Box 343
Paddington NSW 2021

or: tony@eastsidefm.org

Closing Date: 30^th of June 2012

Rita Mitsouko

Last Wednesday, Alex and Gabrielle gave a special look at the Rita Mitsouko’s history: a band born in the 80′s combining the explosive personality of Catherine Ringer with the great composer’s skill of Fred Chichin.

Join us next Wednesday from 8 pm on Eastside FM or on our Facebook page for more French tracks.

Here is the full playlist :

Track Name  -  Artist  -  Album

Mirror, Mirror  -  Scott Tinkler Trio  -  Sofa King
Abyssinia  -  Chris Potter  -  Transatlantic
Bamako  -  Roswell Rudd with Toumani Diabate  -  MALIcool
Side with the Seeds  -  Wilco  -  Sky Blue Sky
Mutilated Lips  -  Ween  -  The Mollusk
Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair  -  Marc Johnson  -  Bass Desires
Lauren’s Lullaby  -  Tin Hat Trio  -  Book of Silk
If We Wait  -  Guided by Voices  -  Sunfish Holy Breakfast
The Shining Path  -  Sun City Girls  -  Torch of the Mystics
Angry Birds Theme Song  -  Ari Pulkkinen  -  Youtube
Game of Gulf  -  Wanderlust  -  Wanderlust
My Man’s Gone Now  -  Bill Evans  -  Live at the Village Vanguard
Good Fever  -  Peter Epstein and Joao Paulo  -  Esquina
Shake it Off  -  Wilco  -  Sky Blue Sky
Fisherman  -  The Congos  -  The Heart of the Congos
Carpathian Ridge  -  Michael Andrews  -  Donnie Darko

Radiothon is just around the corner and as you all know, we here at Eastside love to be able to give our loyal and loving listeners great rewards for signing up as supporters.

Do you have a business that could offer a great prize? Are you a restauranteur, bar or café owner who could donate a dinner?

Do you have a music shop that could throw some vouchers our way?

Are you a fashion retailer who could deck out some Eastsiders in fabulous new duds?

If so, or if you know someone who can help, we’d love to hear from you. Call the station on 9331 3000 or email hugh@eastsidefm.org today.

Together we can make Eastside’s future sound a little brighter!

Green Onions/Booker T. & The M. G.’s/7″/Stax
Sliced Tomatoes/Just Brothers/7″/Music Merchant
It’s Your Thing/Cold Grits/7″/Atco
We’ve Been In Love Too Long/El Anthony/7″/La Cindy
Speak On Up/Joe King/7″/Prix records
Come On Back/Brothers Of Soul/7″/Boo
It Rained Forty Days And Nights/Garland Green/7″/Revue
Magic Corner/Belita Woods/7″/Moira
Who Will Do Your Running Now/Marvin Smith/7″/Mayfield
Funny Money/Wilson Love/7″/NS
Soul Day Theme/Carl Temple/7″/Brighter World
Let Me Back In/Jesse Anderson/7″/Thomas Buddah Records
Time Ain’t Gonna Do Me No Favor/Frederick Hymes III/7″/Fab Vegas
All Work And No Play/Serena Johnson/7″/Big Z
Ain’t That Something/Arlene Bailey/7″/Cobra
I’ve Been Hurt (So Many Times)/Carla Whitney/7″/Attic
Visions Of Paradise/Benny Johnson/7″/today
You Can’t Stop A Man In Love/Carl Carlton/7″/abc
I Don’t Want to Love Nobody But You/Miss Louistine/7″/NWE
Independent Woman/Jan Jones/7″/Day-Wood
It Ain’t Like It Used To Be/Randolph Brown and Company/7″/IX Chains
Disco Lady/Johnnie Taylor/7″/CBS
Put it In A Magazine/Sonny Charles/7″/Highrise
On The Radio/Donna Summer/LP Greatest Hits Vol.I&II/Casablanca

I’m going to be away on a little tour of Europe for the next four weeks, where the great Max Smart and Agend OO Soul will fill in.

DJ Burn Hard

The picture on the left is Gus Viseur who had many of his own bands and recordings and was an integral part of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France. Wikipedia also credits Gus as one of the founders of the accordion-jazz style known as ‘manouche’.

This week I have come accros some music that is new to me, the klezmer music of Giora Feidman, my next opportunity to fill in for Yaron I will put some of Giora’s music to air, in the mean time see if you can find some of his tracks – I am sure you will enjoy his classicly flavoured klezmer.

Selected & Presented by Peter McCallum,
filling in for Yaron Hallis,
Aired 21st of May 2012 on Eastside Radio 89.7FM
6.30-8.00pm

PLAYLIST:-
Minor Swing Rachel Portman
Shabbat Medley Zohar
Tartar Dance Budapest Klezmer Band
Viragok a Reten Kistehen Tanczenekar
Zh Ne Sui Pa Pur Tua Magnifico & Turbolentza
Ménilmontant Raphaël Faÿs
Bucovina Boban Markovic Orkestar/Shantel
Ça Gaze Gilbert Roussel
Chanson D’amour Roberto De Brasov
Flambée montalbanaise Gus Viseur & L’Orchestre Victor
hal peske naia Urs Karpatz
Kojak Cecek Poza
Méfiance Jo Privat
O Manus Parne Gadje
Passion Tony Murena
Piece de Tarita Parne Gadje
Près de vous Orkest Polytour
Sadagora Hot Dub Amsterdam Klezmer Band
Rad Halaila Burning Bush
Party Time Doch
Fulli Tschei I Gitanos
I’m Confessin Django Reinhardt
Soul Zoran Starcevic
Zviozdochka Polunochnaya Marusia Georgevskaya & Sergei Krotkoff

Tim Clarkson, Barney Mcall, Hans Glawischnig, Dan Weiss  - Evolution of Beauty

A fantastic jazz release from Sydney on Tim Clarkson’s new record label, Dangerous Music Records. Classic free flowing jazz with a New York twist, this is Tim’s second album after his debut last year.

Tracks played on The New Thing:

‘Evolution of Beauty’

‘Fake Mirror’

‘Poverty’

Lily Dior – Let’s Talk About It

Eastside’s very own Lily Dior’s new release is a powerful blend of Soul and Funk music, as she moves aside slightly from her traditional Jazz style. Lily was own The New Thing today talking about the album, her album launch at The Basement on Wednesday 20th June, and the Soul Scene in Sydney. Let’s Talk About It is also Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week this week!

Tracks played on The New Thing:

‘Smoke’

‘Can’t Stop Me Crying’

‘Don’t Say A Thing’

Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars – Radio Salone

The latest release on the Cumbancha record label, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars formed in the refugee camps of Guinea after fleeing war-torn Sierra Leone. Singing in various languages, a whole heap of styles are covered, including Afrobeat, Afro-funk, Afro-Ska and Reggae music,

Tracks played on The New Thing:

‘Mother In Law’

‘Work It Brighter’

‘Toman Teti M’Ba Akala’

Independent Track Of The Week

‘The Golden Duo’ by Oisima. Funked, warped samples over an electronic Hip Hop beat.

Various Artists – Real World Gold

The brainchild of Peter Gabriel, Real World Records formed in 1989 and has released an eclectic mish mash of world genres, from Cambodia rock to traditional African music. Real World Gold is a celebration of their 23 years and features an array of their back catalogue releases.

Tracks played on The New Thing:

‘Mustt Mustt’ by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

‘Makambo’ by Geoffrey Oryema

‘Kothbiro’ by Ayub Ogada

Be sure to tune in every Monday from 9.00 til 10.30am for your weekly dose of fresh new music!

Sammy Al

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