After setting it up live on-air a couple of weeks ago, An Awkward Pause is officially moving to our new home at:
Check us out there for more insanity!
- Cade and David
Tonight we were talking about the recent news about antibodies for HIV found in the blood of one ‘Donor 45’. For more information, check out News-Medical.net, the Wall Street Journal, the LA Times or US News.
We also heard lots of awesome music, courtesy of Cade - in particular, the new School of Seven Bells record and a track by Thom Yorke from Ciao, My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy.
As always, if you’re interested in getting involved with the show, drop us an email at apply@anawkwardpause.org, or, if you’ve got feedback, email us at feedback@anawkwardpause.org!
Tonight we were talking about George Prochnik’s book In Pursuit of Silence; Listening for Meaning in a world of Noise, and reading his blog about soldiers with hearing loss.
We also, live on radio, registered our new domain name - anawkwardpause.org!
The Astor Theatre, in Melbourne’s St Kilda, are putting on The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Friday 9th June, at 8pm. If you’re coming, email david@anawkwardpause.org and come say hi!
We’re looking for people to help us out on the show - email apply@anawkwardpause.org if you’re interested in getting involved! Tell a story, do some research, be a reporter, design artwork, whatever!
last night was cade’s first show in nearly four months.
the show opened with a haunting track entitled Mr. Petersen by Seattle’s Mike Genius, aka Perfume Genius.
he’s described by The Guardian’s Tim Jonze as:
A 26-year-old bedroom balladeer whose intimate, crackle-laden piano pieces sound like Anthony Hegarty getting a glo-fi makeover.
to me, Perfume Genius sounds more like Daniel Johnston smashed together with Sufjan Stevens, and that’s not a bad thing.
due to copyright, i can’t point you to an Awkward-Pause podcast of this song, but here it is on youtube:
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also featured in the show was David Byrne’s riveting 2010 TED talk entitled How architecture helped music evolve. Byrne was a founding member and principal songwriter for the band Talking Heads, and since they broke up has worked on some incredible projects with equally incredible people including Fatboy Slim, Dirty Projectors and Brian Eno.
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on a personal note, it’s good to be back. david and i have some really exciting things lined up for the winter season and beyond. stay tuned.
Tonight’s show was all about cover versions and reinventions. We heard:
- ABC News Theme - Pendulum
- Tainted Love - Max Raabe und das Palast Orchester
- Puttin’ On The Ritz - Shiny Toy Guns
- Crazy - Alanis Morisette
- Our House - Angie Hart
- I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Amanda Palmer
- High & Dry - Jamie Cullum
Tonight, we talked about mental illness, beginning with Bad Habit by The Dresden Dolls and thinking about Childhood Depression and Daniel’s Story.
After listening to I Miss The Mountains, from Next To Normal, we discussed the new Australian invention EVestG, or Electrovestibulography, coming out of Monash University. Check them out on ABC’s The New Inventors!
Finally, after hearing Brian Wilson, by Barenaked Ladies, we chatted about OCD, OCPD and Obsessive-Compulsive Confessions - what are yours?
If you need to talk to someone, check out Lifeline (13 11 14), Kids Helpline (1800 55 1800) or Beyond Blue (1300 22 4636)
Tonight’s show featured protest music from the 70’s until today, including:
- Glad to be Gay - Tom Robinson Band
- Radical - Catie Curtis
- In or Out - Ani DiFranco
- It’s Alright - Indigo Girls
- Goddamned - Jay Brannan
- I Ain’t Afraid - Holly Near
- No Clause 28 - Boy George
- The Song to Sing - Labi Siffre
- Why Isn’t Love Enough - Labi Siffre
- Matthew - Janis Ian
- Love Shines - Minna
Tonight’s show kicked off with a TED talk by Yochai Benkler called on the new open-source economics, which is available on the TED web site.
You then heard several songs from the ccMixter service, including:
- I Want You - copperhead
- James Brown d’funk (Lets go, Bounce) - texasradiofish
- Supergood - colab
- A Tribute to Makkross - BOCrew
Then, we heard Symphony of Res by ChristineK, from the ABC project Pool. For more information about Bluebird AR, check out the intro page and then head over to their group page for the content.
Finally, the Creative Commons bonanza rolled along with music from the Jamendo service, including:
- Painted Dream - The Dada Weatherman
- Invisible Walls - Revolution Void
- Hope - Kendra Springer
All of the content tonight has been released under one of the various Creative Commons Licences. For more information, check out CreativeCommons.org, or just Google Creative Commons.
Tonight’s show featured music from all around the world:
- Norway: Skambankt - Tyster
- Turkey: Mor ve Ötesi - Yaz Yaz Yaz
- Argentina: Catupecu Machu - Plan B
- Italy: Tiromancino - Quasi 40
- Egypt: Koor - Sketnalo
- Bosnia/USA: Kultur Shock - Sarajevo
- France: Pleymo - Je Regrette
- Iran: Karma - Call Me
- Estonia: Ursula - Tiffer
- Israel: Ivri Lider - Nisim
- Haiti: Clinton Benoit - Funky Konpa
- Germany: OOMPH! - Gott ist ein Popstar!
- Russia: Slot - 2 Wars
Tonight’s show featured:
- Agnus Dei - Requiem - Johannes Ockeghem
- Requiem Aeternam: Requiem Aeternam - War Requiem - Benjamin Britten
- Graduale - Requiem - Antonín Dvořák
- Dies Irae - Requiem Mass in D - Guiseppe Verdi
- Rex Tremendae - A Polish Requiem - Krzysztof Pendrecki
- Domine Jesu Christe - Requiem for soloists, chorus, orchestra and organ - Frank Martin
- Pie Jesu - Requiem - Maurice Duruflé
- Benedictus - Requiem in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Lacrimosa - Requiem for my Friend - Zbigniev Preisner
- Responsorium - Requiem - Aeternitas
For more information about Anna Donald, check out her Wikipedia entry, her blogs at the British Medical Journal, or Anna’s Adventure.
Warning: Some of the videos on Anna’s Adventure can be hard watching.
Apologies for the late posting of this one! We’ll try and get them up sooner in the future.
On the show, you heard Li, Stephen and Andrew, talking about the release of Not So Straight, a project of the Yak group and funded by Family Planning Victoria. More information about the DVD is available here, or click here to order a copy.
Yak meets every First and Third Friday of the month at 5pm at the Family Planning Action Centre, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. For more information, check out the FPV Website, or call Mark at Family Planning Victoria on (0)3 9660 4700.
