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Beyond Four Walls

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When I was In Hobart recently on a work/holiday week I discovered a community radio station on my hire car radio. I listened to it whenever I was driving and it brought back memories of my experience as a radio presenter on community radio in the 1990’s. I had my own Friday afternoon show from […]

Filed Under: I remember when ..., Random Thoughts Tagged With: Communication, Communtiy radio, connections, radio

Library Mayhem

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Do you remember the golden age for libraries? The days when the librarian ruled supreme. Any noise would be met with either a stern look, a ‘quiet please’ or ‘you will have to leave’ response from the librarian. Well, it’s mayhem now. They let any ‘riff raff’ in. The other day I was in a […]

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Next Train WAH – Platform WAH – Leaving WAH

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Remember the bad old days when a voice on the PA system at a train station would puncture your eardrums with this announcement. ‘The next train WAH on platform WAH will be leaving WAH.’ You’d stand there like the rest of the ‘stunned mullets’ on the platform trying to make sense of the announcement. Well, […]

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Been There, Done That

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Lately I’ve been working on my screenplay which focuses on men’s relationships. It’s set in the Australian basketball scene and my research has led me back to a basketball club I co-founded in 1974. I  needed to tap into the ‘feel’ of coaching and of basketball again, so I can write an authentic screenplay set […]

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Books I’ve Read

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Beau Geste
5 of 5 stars
Beau Geste
by P.C. Wren
Jaws
4 of 5 stars
Jaws
by Peter Benchley
Fahrenheit 451
4 of 5 stars
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
4 of 5 stars
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
5 of 5 stars
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
by Alex Kershaw

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