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Radiothon 2008: Turn it Up!

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Radiothon Prizes

1st Major Prize Hi-Fi system & 70 CDs thanks to Simply Hi-fi & Universal Music

2nd Major Prize Honda Today 50 Scooter thanks to West Coast Honda

3rd Major Prize Private screening for you and your friends thanks to Luna Palace Cinemas

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Reviews

  • Thursday 4th September 2008

    The Flairz - Black Fox

    There’s always the potential to label teenage groups as novelty acts. But Dion and John Mariani, Scarlett Stevens and Georgia Wilkinson-Derums of The Flairz deserve to be heard in their own right (with two EP’s under their belts already). Their first… more »

  • Tuesday 2nd September 2008

    Death Vessel - Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us

    Subpop

    Death Vessel has a plethora of interesting sounds at their disposal to launch into their brand of country/gospel/blues tunes. But instead of aiding their cause, the arsenal is more of a hindrance, making their songs unnecessarily complex and tiresome to listen to… more »

  • Saturday 30th August 2008

    Sunshine Brothers – Greenpoint
    Inertia

    Fourteen songs. Five days. One legendary studio. The recording of Greenpoint must have been a white-knuckle ride for Perth’s Sunshine Brothers, but if they felt rushed, it doesn’t show. They couldn’t sound… more »

Around Town

  • The Dandy Warhols

    Modern day psychedelic, pop/rock icons The Dandy Warhols return to WA for the first time in over three years in support of their new album Earth To Dandy warhols.

    After skyrocketing to success in the late ‘90s with their hits Not if You Were The Last Junkie on Earth and Bohemian Like You The Dandy’s became a force to be reckoned with on the touring scene… more »

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  • York Jazz and Soul Festival

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stories

  • Thursday 28th August 2008

    Aboringinal Educator speaks out on Literacy

    Every Thursday on Morning Magazine, Meri Fatin celebrates Australia’s oldest culture by examining a different issue within the Indigenous community…. more »

  • Wednesday 27th August 2008

    A Wolf on the Radio

    The best-selling author of the blackly comic, frightening and compulsively readable ‘Running with Scissors’ has done it again…. more »

  • Wednesday 27th August 2008

    King Prawn Laksa

    I awoke with a hankering for Prawns then thought of Breakfast’s uber-chef Luke Bolton. I rang him – King Prawn Laksa!’, I bellowed and he quivered for a moment then replied, ‘Yes Master’…. more »

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Damian likes a good pun, and in fact put this on this resume when applying to volunteer at RTR. He failed to realise others might not want to hear puns quite as often as he can come up with them. Despite this, the station decided graciously to take him on and he has been distracting various office staff since December 2007…

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