Samurai Cowboy and the Toothfish collective - Motoko and Matt are Samurai Cowboy, an improv duo who have a long history playing together in Dunedin.They played 4 examples of their beautiful sound. We also talked with an unnamed member of the Toothfish collective, who make art that protests what needs to be protested (environmental mess ups perpetrated by big business, mostly).

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We talked with a very articulate James Robinson about his colab with David Eggleton, opening at his studio this weekend, and then we got all the deets about Party with the Aunties, a show that takes audience participation seriously! Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Animal Attic at the Museum of Natural Mystery - Bruce Mahalski, who is the force behind Dunedin's Museum of Natural Mystery, told us about the "Animal Attic" show opening there this Friday evening, and it will be open every weekend for the next wee while. We also discussed Bruce's extensive career as a musician and artist. Look him up!!

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A First Impression of Francis Nicholls - Francis Nicholls is a Dunedin painter whose show at the Moray Gallery opens this Saturday. He's extremely articulate about his work, which is best described as contemporary impressionist landscape oil paintings.

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Die Musikband's new EP - Karen McLean and Jeff Harford, 2 of the 4 members of Die Musikband, told us about their newly released EP...,

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Beautiful Electronic Music - Elenor Rayner, who is Robots in Love, played a live-to-air, and we spoke on the phone with Kerensa Stephens, and played a couple of her tracks. The two of them are playing at Toitu this Saturday at 2pm.

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Casey Carsel at the Blue Oyster, and Katharticus - Casey Carsel's show at the Blue Oyster until November 16th joyfully examines the text of "Fiddler on the Roof'' and renders it as Talmudic fabric art. Then we listened to Katharticus, who'll be playing at this Saturday's Vogel Street Party!

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New Music, Some Live to Air - William Henry Meung finished his upcoming album last night, so he played us a few tracks to whet our appetite. Julian Temple came in and played a couple of acoustic tracks, including a very recently hatched song that came to him in an airport. He's playing tonight at the Zanzibar with his full band.

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Harlequeen - Abby Howell is bringing back her one woman show, "Harlequeen",(a slightly revised version) this weekend at the University Book Store (tickets are available online). We had a great long talk about everything that's happening in her world as a performer, playwright and PhD student...

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Concrete Grady's fundraiser gig - 3 of the 5 members of Concrete Grady came in to tell us about their history, writing tendencies, and about their gig this Saturday at Bark! (the Dog with Two Tails). They're raising money and seeking feedback on what songs to include on their new CD...

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