SURVIVAL GUIDE

Elsen Price talks to Lou Steer of Close to Home about playing the double bass, his new group Mesos Trio (Elsen Price, double bass;Susie Bishop, violin; Maharshi Raval tabla) and his life as a musician. Includes two bonus tracks by Mesos Trio.

Mesos Trio links here:
Youtube:
https://youtu.be/sD5LPhRjKjw
Bandcamp:
https://elsenpriceproductions.bandcamp.com/album/mesos-trio

Follow Elsen Price on https://www.facebook.com/elsenpricebass


Elsen Price talks about Mesos Trio music launch

Tim Roberts, President of NSW Council for Civil Liberties talk to Lou Steer of Close to Home about the NSW protest laws, police response to protest,  and why protest is necessary for participation in democracy

Tim Roberts President NSW Council for Civil Liberties on protest laws

Sue Higginson MLC talks to Lou Steer of Close to Home about the NSW protest laws, the police response to protest, and why protest is important to democratic participation in public life

Sue Higginson MLC discusses  NSW protest laws

Iconic Australian singer Dami Im makes an inspiring speech when accepting an honorary doctorate at Griffith University. Bonus performance with string quartet of her song Collide.

Dami Im accepts honorary doctorate at Griffith University and sings Collide with string quartet

Coco from Addi Road Sound talks to Lou Steer of Close to Home about the Addi Road Youth Music Festival on 10 August 2025 from 10am. Proceeds to Addi Road Food Pantry. Tickets $15 at door or Eventbrite link https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/addi-sounds-youth-music-festival-tickets-1418195263209?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Addi Road Youth Musical Festival 10 August 2025

Kobi Shetty MP for Balmain talks to Lou Steer of Close to Home on Radio Skid Row about her bill to repeal NSW protest laws, her campaign (with Jenny Leong MP for Newtown)  to support RPA midwives, and her campaign to lower local road speed limits

Kobi Shetty MP for Balmain on protest laws, supporting RPA midwives and lowering local speed limits

Padraig OCoinn from 2RRR talk to Lou Steer of Close to Home about the Concert for Gaza at Leigh Memorial Uniting Church Hall, Macquarie Street,  Parramatta 6.30 pm 23.8.25 featuring music acts Sullie, Bardwell Valley Ramblers, The Full Irish, Lou Steer (poet) and Trish O'Shaughnessy (poet), speakers and Palestinian food! 


The night is raising funds to support both Palestinians in Gaza and Gazan refugees now residing in Western Sydney. Funds raised will be evenly shared between:

Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA

Hebron International Resource Network

Palestinian Christians in Australia

Western Sydney Community Centre

Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA has been working alongside its Palestinian partner organisation, the MA’AN Development Center, since 1989 to provide relief aid to the people of Gaza. The Hebron International Resource Network supports Palestinians living near illegal Israeli settlements in Hebron and the southern part of the West Bank. Palestinian Christians in Australia and the Western Sydney Community Centre are providing financial support to pay for accommodation and basic needs for families arriving from Gaza to Western Sydney.

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This fundraiser is organised by Parramatta 4 Palestine, a group of Parramatta community members seeking to raise awareness and advocate for justice and peace in Palestine.



Tickets $15 https://events.humanitix.com/gig-for-gaza-parramatta?_gl=1*1zq1je*_gcl_au*MTgzMjM3MTgxNi4xNzU1NzMyNTQ2*_ga*MTU2ODcxMDIwOS4xNzU1NzMyNTQ3*_ga_LHKW5FR9N6*czE3NTU3MzI1NDckbzEkZzEkdDE3NTU3MzI1OTUkajEyJGwwJGgw



Padraig OCoinn 2RRR talks about Concert for Gaza Leigh Memorial Uniting Church Parramatta 23.8.25

Richard Petkovic director of Culture X Festival talks to Lou Steer of Close to Home about the festival and bands
Tickets and info here https://www.bankstownartscentre.com.au/culture-x-festival-2025


Culture X Festival Bankstown Arts Centre 12,13,14 Sept 2025

Mike Williams talks to Lou Steer of Close to Home about his new audiovisual storytelling  project 24 Hours in Kings Cross featuring in Sydney Fringe Festival 2025
Tickets and info at this link https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/24-hours-in-kings-cross


24 Hours in Kings Cross Sydney Fringe Festival 2025

Jan Cornall talks to Lou Steer of Close to Home about her new Sydney Fringe cabaret show, Act Your Rage, songwriting and creativity. Bonus track Idiosyncracies from Failing in Love Again. Tickets $45  use  discount promo RAGE link here https://sydneyfringe.com/events/act-your-rage/

Jan Cornall talks about  her Sydney Fringe show Act Your Rage and creativity

Gentrification is Colonisation!
how does one inform the other?
There is Blak history to your Flat-white

SURVIVAL GUIDE #1: Leave Your Fragility At The Shore

The dollar coin has the same value as the rock
feat. Linda Kennedy, Jennifer Ferng and Jenny Munro.

SURVIVAL GUIDE #2: Walung

We recap the plans for the redevelopment of Waterloo and the impact on the residents.

Survival Guide EP #3: Dear Tenant

SURVIVAL GUIDE #4: Heducation

Colonisation is bad for your health. 
Interviews with Professor Juanita Sherwood & Lima LISTIC Peni 
UPDATE: After this interview aired, Department of Housing offered Lima new (rat-free) housing.

SURVIVAL GUIDE #5: The Rats

Survival Guide presents 'The Gentrified Zone' a projection into the future showing the horrors around being the only Aborigines in Redfern left after gentrification has been successful. 


Broadcasted on Radio Skid Row 88.9FM in 2019.

SURVIVAL GUIDE #18: The Gentrified Zone

Radio Skid Row is a grassroots community radio station based in Marrickville, broadcasting to the Inner City Sydney. This includes the municipalities of Leichhardt, Marrickville and the City of Sydney.
Radio Skid Row plays some of the best hip hop and reggae you will hear on air Sydney. we also broadcast in 15 languages!

Our SoundCloud page invites you to listen to programs, interviews and segments.

SURVIVAL GUIDE #18: The Gentrified Zone

Radio Skid Row

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