You may have sons or daughters who are big fans of pop stars – "stans" they call themselves these days, you may have seen the screaming fans of One Direction, you may have been one of them, screaming at The Beatles – well fangirls is now a rollicking musical, winning awards all over the place, coming to Wollongong from tomorrow, and it goes a bit deeper than just the screaming and the fainting.

Yve Blake wrote the show and the songs and spoke to Lindsay McDougall all about it.

Yve Blake talks Fangirls on ABC Illawarra

Written and produced by Putrika
Mixed and mastered by Michiya Nagai (Mixo Lydian)
Artwork by Putrika

Monologue

It was the news a whole lot people were waiting for. The International Court of Justice ruled Japan must immediately stop its whaling program in the Antarctic.

The Sea Shepherd ships have been in the Southern Ocean for 9 years trying to save the whales from the Japanese "research vessels", so I got their founder, Captain Paul Watson on a dodgy Skype line to give us their reaction.


Captain Paul Watson from Sea Shepherd talks to triple j about Whale "Research" ruling

Gracie Otto talks about directing the new ABC TV series Ladies In Black with it's excellent cast. As well as Heartbreak High and Deadloch, working with her sister Miranda, making a movie about her Dad Barry, and freezing Mark Knopfler (in interview form). Also mentions of the Gypsy Kings, and escaping to St Barts to hang with the Zimmermanns.

Gracie Otto talks Ladies In Black, Miranda, Barry, and Mark Knopfler

Jakarta born, Sydney based DJ, producer and singer Putrika pays homage to her roots with a delicate mix brimming with Javanese lullabies, traditional Indonesian instruments and a smattering of her own productions.

READ OUR INTERVIEW WITH PUTRIKA HERE: https://www.lazy-daze.com.au/#/62-putrika/

//TRACKLIST//
1.	Lush - Félicia Atkinson
2.	Hulo Om - Raul Lovisoni, Francesco Messina
3.	Rebirth (Unreleased) - Putrika
4.	Pagan - Michael Stearns
5.	Dream - Saba Alizadeh
6.	Patalon (Introduction) - The Bali Balladeers
7.	Jegog (part 1) - Various Balinese musicians 
8.	Kalapa Garden - Young Marco
9.	Tatopani  - Zann
10.	Twisted Camel - Chi 
11.	Balafon Dub - Michael Banabila
12.	Drums - Laurie Spiegel
13.	II - Rupert Clervaux, Beatrice Dillon
14.	Petik - Space System
15.	Rain-Bow - Salamanda
16.	 White Tigress - Iona Fortune
17.	Jungle Book - YAZ-KAZ
18.	The Moon is Shining Above The Ricefields - Cybe
19.	Lelo Ledung (Unreleased) - Putrika
20.	And the Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn - Daniel Schmidt

lazydaze.62 // Putrika

Slowly

I had such a packed week of legends on ABC Illawarra Drive for NAIDOC Week.

The theme for this year, the 50th year of NAIDOC, is The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy, and all of my guests had stuff to say about that, from mentoring kids to promoting healthy and active futures, paying tribute to past generations and getting the next on the right tracks (sometimes literally onto tracks. And music videos). 

Here they all are!

From cooking with Blak Cede in Nowra and Mark “Black” Olive at Uluṟu, health with the We Breathe people, sport with the Nations Of Origin Dharawal mob from Lake Illawarra PCYC, and legends Narelda Jacobs and JP Janke talking about NITV, the NAIDOC Awards and icons of Indigenous action. 

I had the Mayor of Nowra, Nooky talking about the new 3% song written with a bunch of local kids, making a Stuff The British Got Stolen Back film, and introducing The Kid Laroi’s crew to Clem’s Chicken.  

And more music from Ron Callahan, Mudjingaal Yangamba, Michelle McBride, and Lemonise all at Ngulla NAIDOC Fest (with Georgie Lowe and Doctor of Circus Sharon McCutcheon), and Yuin artist Kyarna talking about the importance of storytelling and playing a beautiful new song live that made her mum cry. 

And all kicking off last Friday with the very funny and a little unhinged Isaac Compton, who I got on to talk about That Blackfella Show, but then he handed the phone over to another legend of Indigenous TV and film, and things went even more off the rails…

Enjoy. 

HAPPY NAIDOC WEEK!

NAIDOC 2025 on ABC Illawarra Drive

                              

Love Comes Knockin'

Friday last week marked the 40th anniversary of the Hilton Hotel bombing in Sydney. Inside the Hilton Hotel were eleven visiting heads of government for the Commonwealth Heads of Government regional meeting. As a result of the bombing the CHOGRM meeting was switched to Berida manor in Bowral.

On 14th February 1978 for three days,  800 troops of the Australian Military occupied Bowral to protect the visiting heads of state. 40 years on we revisited this amazing moment in Australian history, joined by Rowan Cahill who co-authored the Wollongong University research paper on the 1978 military occupation of Bowral, the Mayor at the time David Woods and some audio from the ABC’s PM program from 14th February 1978 with Huw Evans and International correspondent John Highfield.

The 1978 Military Occupation of Bowral

US TV Series UnREAL is back on TV, and much has been made around here of its new star, because he’s from the Illawarra. Adam Demos was a Wollongong construction worker who has made his way to Hollywood, and in a show about Reality TV, that’s pretty unreal – also Adam is the cousin Hawks star Tyson Demos AND of a mate of mine and my wife’s, local musician Pauly Demos – and he called in to ABC Illawarra

Adam Demos - from Wollongong to unREAL

Yorta Yorta man Scott Darlow has been putting out music for a few years now, but this song has arrived at a specific time, just before Jan 26, when the conversation and debate around "Australia Day" is at its peak. Scott spoke to Lindsay McDougall about the song, the message of community behind it, all of his mates and footy legends in the video clip, and also how hard it is to play guitar and didgeridoo at the same time...

Scott Darlow's Forgotten Australia

I play in that Frenzal Rhomb band your Dad used to hate. I used to be that guy on triple j. And now I get to ask awkward and awesome questions to people and put the results up here!

NAIDOC 2025 on ABC Illawarra Drive

Lindsay McDougall

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