Still Hip & Relevant on 98.9 North West FM Melb

24/08/2024

'Still Hip & Relevant' hopes to broadcast again this Thursday night (August 29) from 9pm AEST on 98.9 FM in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne, and streaming via TuneIn (https://tunein.com/radio/North-West-FM-989-s98822/) everywhere else. And here's a photo of some cherry blossom:

24/08/2024

The Science Snippet last Thursday night (Aug 22) was about volcanoes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano). Volcanoes are ruptures in the crust of a planetary object that allow lava, ash and/or gases to escape. On Earth, most volcanoes are underwater.

24/08/2024

Here's the playlist from the programme last Thursday night (Aug 22):
9:08 Sidewinder - Titanic days
9:12 Dan Kelly & the Alpha Males - Step forward
9:19 Felix - Don't you want me (edit)
9:23 Propellerheads - Spybreak! (short one)
9:39 Jimmy Buffett - Volcano
9:43 Resin Dogs - Que kumbers
9:50 Bill McClintock, Slayer & Jimi Hendrix - Fire in the abyss
9:55 The Peep Tempel - Big fish
And you can see playlists for every programme I've ever broadcast at the SH&R page on the 98.9 North West FM website (http://www.northwestfm.org/programs/still-hip-and-relevant/).

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01/08/2024

'Still Hip & Relevant' is taking a 2-week break but hopes to return to regular broadcasting at 9 pm AEST on Thursday August 22.

01/08/2024

Here's the playlist from the programme earlier tonight (Aug 1), when we were lucky enough to have guest programmer Tully in the studio with a fantastic selection of songs:
9:06 Motorhead - I know how to die
9:09 Pigface - Nutopia
9:17 Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Which way to go
9:21 Mudhoney - Touch me I'm sick
9:27 Christian Mistress - Haunted hunted
9:34 Castle Rat - Dagger dragger
9:40 The Drones - Shark fin blues
9:47 Grinderman - No p***y blues
9:54 Frank Black - Los Angeles
9:58 Mclusky - To hell with good intentions
And as usual, you can see playlists for every programme I've ever broadcast at the SH&R page on the 98.9 North West FM website (http://www.northwestfm.org/programs/still-hip-and-relevant/).

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30/07/2024

'Still Hip & Relevant' hopes to broadcast again this Thursday night (August 1) from 9pm AEST on 98.9 FM in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne, and streaming via TuneIn everywhere else. And here's a photo of some jonquils:

26/07/2024

The Science Snippet last night (Thurs July 25) was about cyanobacteria (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanobacteria). They are sometimes called 'blue-green algae', though they are not actually algae, but bacteria. They can make biological energy, carbohydrates, and oxygen from light, water and carbon dioxide, and over billions of years made the Earth's atmosphere about 21% oxygen, as it is today.

26/07/2024

Here's the playlist from the programme last night (Thurs July 25):
9:03 The Fauves - Dogs are the best people
9:05 The Drones - Baby
9:13 Nitocris - Dark side
9:17 Frenzal Rhomb - Mr Charisma
9:19 Deftones - My own summer (Shove it)
9:34 Pixies - Greens and blues
9:39 DJ Format - Ill Culinary Behaviour feat. Abdominal
9:46 Wax Audio, AC/DC & Ray Parker Jr. - Thunder busters
9:51 Nine Black Alps - Cosmopolitan
9:57 Kinobe - Slip into something feat. Ben & Jason
And as usual, you can see playlists for every programme I've ever broadcast at the SH&R page on the 98.9 North West FM website (http://www.northwestfm.org/programs/still-hip-and-relevant/).

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21/07/2024

'Still Hip & Relevant' hopes to broadcast again this Thursday night (July 25) from 9pm AEST on 98.9 FM in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne, and streaming via TuneIn everywhere else. And here's a photo of a beach:

21/07/2024

The Science Snippet of the programme last Thursday night (July 18) was about lichen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen). Lichen is actually a symbiotic composite of a photosynthesizing species (usually a green alga or cyanobacterium) and a fungus, once described as "fungi that have discovered agriculture". They can have many different forms, sizes and colours, and can live in many different environments; they are not plants.

21/07/2024

Here's the playlist from the programme last Thursday night (July 18):
9:05 Rocket Science - One robot
9:09 Gyroscope - Take this for granted
9:15 Deep Dish with Everything But the Girl - The future of the future (Stay gold)
9:20 Bodyjar - Lights out
9:35 Sonic Animation - Paralexic cliches
9:38 Soulwax - Much against everyone's advice
9:43 Bill McClintock, The Trammps & Rob Zombie - Burn
9:47 VAST - Touched
9:52 Darren Hanlon - Fingertips and mountaintops
9:56 Toadies - Tyler
And as usual, you can see playlists for every programme I've ever broadcast at the SH&R page on the 98.9 North West FM website (http://www.northwestfm.org/programs/still-hip-and-relevant/).

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15/07/2024

'Still Hip & Relevant' hopes to broadcast again this Thursday night (July 18) from 9pm AEST on 98.9 FM in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne, and streaming via TuneIn everywhere else. And here's a photo of an orange calendula:

15/07/2024

The Science Snippet last Thursday night (July 11) was about whooping cough, of which there is apparently a 'wave' in Australia at present. Whooping cough is a respiratory illness caused by the bacterium Bordatella pertussis. It is also known as 'the 100-day cough' for reasons that should be self-apparent, and is worse in the very young and the elderly. There is a vaccine against it.

15/07/2024

Here's the playlist from the programme last Thursday night (July 11):
9:05 Jebediah - Animal
9:09 Custard - Almost like a song
9:17 Love Outside Andromeda - Hecate pose
9:21 Ben Folds Five - Philosophy
9:38 The Rapture - Whoo! Alright - yeah... Uh-huh
9:42 Junior Senior - Move your feet
9:49 Bill McClintock, Steely Dan and Steve Miller - Fly like Kid Charlemagne
9:52 Red Jezebel - Wide open spaces
9:58 Front End Loader - Time and inclination
And as usual, you can see playlists for every programme I've ever broadcast at the SH&R page on the 98.9 North West FM website (http://www.northwestfm.org/programs/still-hip-and-relevant/).

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03/07/2024

Unfortunately due to unusual work commitments, there will be no 'Still Hip & Relevant' this week, but I hope to return to weekly programming next week (Thursday July 11).

29/06/2024

'Still Hip & Relevant' hopes to broadcast again this Thursday night (July 4) from 9pm AEST on 98.9 FM in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne, and streaming via TuneIn everywhere else. And here's a photo of some kelp:

29/06/2024

The Science Snippet last Thursday night (June 27) was about algae (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algae). Algae are a large & diverse group of photosynthetic organisms, ranging from unicellular species to giant kelp up to 50 metres long. Algae that are carried by water are called plankton.

29/06/2024

Here's the playlist from the programme last Thursday night (June 27):
9:06 The Whitlams - I make hamburgers
9:10 The Cants - I don't care
9:15 Ainslie Wills - Fighting kind
9:20 Red Riders - My love is stronger
9:33 Goodshirt - Green
9:36 Michael Penn - No myth
9:43 Bill McClintock, Gloria Gaynor & Dio - I will survive the rainbow in the dark
9:47 The Charlatans - Weirdo
9:53 Peabody - If the accident will
9:58 At the Drive-In - Pattern against user
And as usual, you can see playlists for every programme I've ever broadcast at the SH&R page on the 98.9 North West FM website (http://www.northwestfm.org/programs/still-hip-and-relevant/).

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24/06/2024

'Still Hip & Relevant' hopes to broadcast again this Thursday night (June 27) from 9pm AEST on 98.9 FM in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne, and streaming via TuneIn everywhere else. And here's a photo of a beach with some coconut palms:

24/06/2024

The Science Snippet of the programme last Thursday night (June 20) was about agar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agar). Agar is a jelly-like substance consisting of polysaccarides extracted from some species of red algae. Agar has many uses, commonly culinary, microbiological & plant biological, and less commonly in dentistry, electrochemistry and many others.

24/06/2024

Here's the playlist from the programme last Thursday night (June 20):
9:04 Even - I am the light
9:07 Regurgitator - Young bodies heal quickly
9:12 Skunkhour - Chew
9:17 Soma Rasa - Something wicked feat. Miss Brown
9:23 Lino - Auger well
9:28 The Futureheads - Thursday
9:42 The Hives - These spectacles reveal the nostalgics
9:45 Cake - You turn the screws
9:51 Bill McClintock, The Isley Brothers & Motorhead - Ace of shout
9:54 Edwin Birdsong - Cola bottle baby
And as usual, you can see playlists for every programme I've ever broadcast at the SH&R page on the 98.9 North West FM website (http://www.northwestfm.org/programs/still-hip-and-relevant/).

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14/06/2024

'Still Hip & Relevant' hopes to broadcast again next Thursday night (June 20) from 9pm AEST on 98.9 FM in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne, and streaming via TuneIn everywhere else. And here's a photo of the sun & a beach:

14/06/2024

The Science Snippet of the programme last night (Thurs June 13) was about the Sun (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun #), with some focus on its magnetic activity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun ). Sunspots (dark areas visible on the Sun) typically have a magnetic field strength about 1,500 times stronger than the poles of the Sun, and the Sun regularly goes through 11-year cycles of relative magnetic activity & inactivity (it is currently going into a period of higher activity).

14/06/2024

Here's the playlist from the programme last night (Thurs June 13):
9:04 The City Lights - Everyone out
9:06 Cog - Bird of feather
9:12 Rob Dougan - Chateau
9:17 Sonic Animation - I'm a DJ
9:23 Downgirl - Manic
9:27 The Chats - Getting better
9:40 Nine Inch Nails - Sunspots
9:44 RJD2 - 1976
9:49 Bill McClintock, Deep Purple & The Temptations - She said burn
9:53 Prodigy - Diesel power
9:59 Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 dances
And as usual, you can see playlists for every programme I've ever broadcast at the SH&R page on the 98.9 North West FM website (http://www.northwestfm.org/programs/still-hip-and-relevant/).

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01/06/2024

'Still Hip & Relevant' will (probably) be taking a one-week break & hopes to return to its usual weekly broadcasting from Thursday June 13.

01/06/2024

The Science Snippet last Thursday night (May 30) was about auroras (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora), largely due to the aurora visible in parts of Melbourne a couple of weeks ago. Auroras are natural light displays caused by disturbances in the magnetosphere by the solar 'wind'. We can expect auroras to be greater than usual in frequency & magnitude in the next year or two due to the cyclical nature of the Sun's activity.

01/06/2024

Here's the playlist from the programme last Thursday night (May 30):
9:03 Cartman - Shock
9:07 John Butler Trio - Something's gotta give
9:13 Skulker - Naughty
9:19 Ween - Voodoo lady
9:33 Rose Wintergreen - This city
9:37 Todd Sparrow - Plastic bits
9:45 Bill McClintock, Eddie Kendricks & Whitesnake - Still of the boogie
9:48 Guttermouth - She's got the look
9:52 Everclear - He**in girl
9:57 Editors - Fall
And as usual, you can see playlists for every programme I've ever broadcast at the SH&R page on the 98.9 North West FM website (http://www.northwestfm.org/programs/still-hip-and-relevant/).

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24/05/2024

'Still Hip & Relevant' hopes to broadcast again next Thursday night (May 30) from 9pm AEST on 98.9 FM in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne, and streaming via TuneIn everywhere else. And here's a photo of the Andromeda galaxy:

24/05/2024

Here's the playlist from the programme last night (Thurs May 23), when we had special guest Geoff in the studio again with an all-Australian selection of tunes:
9:04 The Mark of Cain - Battlesick
9:09 These New South Whales - Bending the knee
9:20 These New South Whales - Cholesterol heart (God bless ya)
9:23 A. Swayze and the Ghosts - Connect to consume
9:29 Bench Press - Personal best
9:33 Grinding Eyes - Until it falls apart
9:41 Tumbleweed - Carousel
9:47 vSpy vSpy - Don't tear it down
9:58 Mental as Anything - He's just no good for you
And as usual, you can see playlists for every programme I've ever broadcast at the SH&R page on the 98.9 North West FM website (http://www.northwestfm.org/programs/still-hip-and-relevant/).

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18/05/2024

Still Hip & Relevant' hopes to broadcast again this Thursday night (May 23) from 9pm AEST on 98.9 FM in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne, and streaming via TuneIn everywhere else; hopefully we will have guest programmer Geoff in the studio again. And here's a photo of an aurora: