Friday, November 21, 2008

Show #34, November 22, 2008



Dunedin City, SHAME! In a world of ironic and risque advertising Dunedin and Otago Cricket thought they would dust off an old classic, racism. Funnily enough when I used to see billboards in Auckland's North Shore with the bourgeois middle aged couple advertising Dunedin as the getaway from the big smoke, I used to joke that the coded message was "It's All White Here". Now we can bust out our white robes and tattoo it on our foreheads. But wait our poor city is under siege by the PC police, quick call Debra Coddington she'll know what to do.

Anyway It's hard to know how to express how one feels as a result of this mind fuck. I know we do have Cadbury's here why not rename ourselves, "Chocolate City"! One Nation Under a Groove.


Tune in to here Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin as he responds to criticism. Also Victoria University Associate Professor in Media Studies and quasi-cricket historian, Tony Schirato on the colonial and race politics of cricket. Also Dr Vern Andrews on the history of racism towards the black athlete and the NZ context.

Download interview with the Mayor
Download interview with Tony Schirato
Download interview with Vern Andrews

Playlist

RIP Mama Afrika, Miriam Makeba (1932-2008)

Miriam Makeba - Jolinkomo
Gregory Issacs - Sinner Man
Roy Ayers - Red Black and Green
The Coup - Ass Breath Killers
Miriam Makeba - Soweto Blues
Cornell Campbell - Natty Don't Go
Mumia All-Stars - Mumia 911
Fela Kuti - Witchcraft
Rakka Iriscience - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Miriam Makeba - Talking & Dialoguing
Ice Cube - Bird In The Hand
Rod Taylor - True History
Bill Withers - Harlem
Miriam Makeba - Mas Qa Nada
Stevie Wonder - Black Man
RA Rugged Man - White & Black

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Friday, November 7, 2008

Show #33, November 9th, 2008


This week we take a look at the Obama Moment in the US. A truly remarkable event full of the contradictions emblematic of the American condition. We are joined by US ex-pats, among them Media Studies lecturer Kevin Fisher, to consider this moment and where it leads.

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Fela Kuti - Black Man's Cry
Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign
Curtis Mayfield - Beautiful Brother of Mine
Grandmaster Flash - Jesse
Pace Setters - Push On Jesse Jackson
Marvin Gaye - Your The Man
Eddie Bo - Getting To The Middle
Sam Cooke - Its Been Long Time Coming
Malcolm X - Ballot or the Bullet
Stevie Wonder - Big Brother
Gil Scott Heron - Gun
P-Funk - Chocolate City
The Coup - Drug Warz
Gregory Issacs - Material Man
Wailing Souls - Back Out With It
Jacob Miller - Natty Dread
Mulatu Astatqe - Asmarina
Free Souls - Trouble in my Mind
Jadakiss - Why
Common - The People
James Brown - It's a New Day