by cameron | Aug 7, 2008 | Podcast
On today’s show I’m joined by Sophie Peer, China Campaign Co-ordinator for Amnesty International, Fi Bendall from the Bendall Group, and Ben Barren, social media baron, to discuss the online campaign Amnesty have run over the last 3 weeks to raise awareness of China’s human rights record. The campaign asked Australian bloggers to unite and support their Chinese counterparts who have been banned, blocked, denied and imprisoned by the Chinese government for using the Internet to express their right to freedom of speech. The destination site for the campaign was UNCENSOR.com.au. The other site they recommend on the show is Stilgherrian’s blog.
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The G’Day World theme music:
Conquest
“Secrets of Life” (mp3)
from “End of Days”
(Dark Star Records)
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by cameron | Aug 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 27 kilometer (17 mile) long particle accelerator straddling the border of Switzerland and France, is nearly set to begin its first particle beam tests.
This is one of the most beautiful man-made objects I’ve ever seen. Bow down before the engineers who built this, people.
(title of the post obviously courtesy of xkcd)
by cameron | Aug 6, 2008 | Podcast, TPN
I’m excited today to launch the latest podcast to join the TPN family:
I had Katherine Cunningham as a guest on G’Day World back in Oct 2007 and afterwards offered her her own show on TPN. It’s taken a while (all my fault!) to get it up and running but I’m very excited about it.
Katherine sez:
The idea behind, or perhaps between, this show is to open up a conversation, a deep, juicy wet conversation about women, about men, about power, about sex, about passion.
Check out the first show or subscribe to the RSS feed or add it to iTunes.
by cameron | Aug 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
Once again this year, for the 4th year in a row, my old mate Ewan Spence is podcasting daily from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for TPN, talking to comedians, musicians, the audience, event managers, and anyone else who isn’t frightened off by Ewan’s pet crow, Crow. Don’t miss it – these shows are always terrific!
by cameron | Aug 1, 2008 | Podcast
One of the wonderful people I met while in Ajaccio was Allon Klebanoff, an Israeli historian who is the closest thing to a “Renaissance Man” that I’ve ever met. Allon gave a terrific presentation on naval art during Napoleonic times at the Congress and, over much alcohol and good food during five days, we discussed religion, politics, art, wine, women… and music, which is the subject of today’s show.
I asked Allon what he’d like to talk about on his first appearance on G’Day World, what his number #1 passion is, and he said “Buck”. I first thought that he was a fan of 70’s Sci Fi, but I soon learned that “Buckkkh” is how one is supposed to pronounce “Bach”. In this very long episode (90 minutes) you will hear Allon talk about Bach’s life and career as well as get treated to a number of musical pieces by Bach (as prescribed by Allon) including (in order of appearance):
Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie – Trevor Pinnock
Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068: II. Air РMusica Antiqua K̦ln
Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971: III. Presto – Trevor Pinnock
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047: I. – Trevor Pinnock
Saint John Passion, BWV 245 (Excerpts): Herr, Unser Herrscher
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: I. Toccata – Helmut Walcha
Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major, BWV 564: II. Adagio – Marie-Claire Alain
The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 1 РMusica Antiqua K̦ln
The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 2 РMusica Antiqua K̦ln
Now I warn you – Allon is a funny guy. He doesn’t listen to rock, rap or jazz. He is VERY particular about the things that he is passionate about. And he’s a walking encyclopedia. I’m not sure I managed to get him to answer my main question “Why is Bach important?”, though I did ask him several times. Or maybe I just don’t understand. Anyway… strap yourself in and get ready to BACH.
