Australian Doctors are up in arms - or up in hands more appropriately - about suggestions from American experts they should be banned from shaking patients hands to prevent infections spreading.

I took a look at the latest issue to shake the local medical community...

Experts say Doctor-Patient handshakes should be banned

Randy Hansen is not your average cover act. 

Sure he's made a living off playing Jimi Hendrix songs for the past 40 years, but he never plays the songs note for note and improvises using many other guitarists as his inspiration.

Here, for Furst Media, I chat to him about emulating Hendrix, slipping in other influences, and how he became the first person to play a Hendrix song live with Hendrix's original bandmates...


Photo: Flickr
Background music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjo7XrOiG50




Interview With Randy Hansen - Aka Jimi Hendrix

I got a bit of a shock when I moved from Melbourne to the conservative mid-north coast of NSW earlier this year. 

I found a tiny piece of inner city vibes near Coffs Harbour, and made an audio feature about it for All the Best radio (http://allthebestradio.com/shows/1632-small-towns-of-australia/).

Executive Producer: Selena Shannon

Sound design and original music by Harry Domanski

Original poetry by the Bello Bards

Bellingen, NSW

Some of my most recent radio reports for Central Coast radio, created and broadcast between July and November 2018.

Live Music story

Kangy Angy Train story

Gosford CBD revitalisation story

Central Coast Farmers story

Climate Change story

Central Coast Police story

Usain Bolt story

Anglican Diocese of Newcastle story

Di Thomson

Update from Senior Forecaster, Richard Russell, from the Bureau of Meteorology in Victoria.

11 November 2020 BOM VIC Storm Update

Journalism graduate of RMIT University Melbourne. Saints supporter, Rock enthusiast.

Alex Darling Reporter

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