The Journo and the Muso
Ramblings on the good, the bad, the ugly, the sublime, and the ridiculous of music — with Harry Coulson - musician, composer, educator, and general ratbag and Nicole Chvastek - former ABC journalist and radio/TV presenter.
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The Journo And The Muso Ep 6 - Goodbye Dolly (opens the original)
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My relationship with the music of Dolly was one of constant retractions of first impressions, and not being one to shy away from my own failures of judgement I figured a documentation of how the music of Dolly Parton always managed to catch up to me and show me my ignorance was as good a tribute as any. Thankfully Nikki is far more researched than I am in the life and times of Dolly, and we are extra lucky to be joined by Georgie for a trained singers perspective. We of course could not also go
The Journo And The Muso Ep 5 - Music Vs Sport (opens the original)
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In a country where sport is paramount to religion I get the shits everytime I see the MCG packed out with 60k punters to watch a ball bounce back and forth while top notch local bands struggle to get 100 crew to a gig. I have a good old whinge and go full Trump, suggesting that we ban sport completely before Simon jumps in and tells me to "suck it up". Nikki as always plays the graceful mediator. Also I totally misuse the term egalitarianism, show my complete ignorance of economics and get bourg
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