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Tuesday
16th March-
Tuesday 16th March
Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago
Matador Records
Listening to Shearwater’s latest album is almost like getting lost in some slightly sinister dream world, filled with Minotaurs, secret islands and growing discord. It’s impressively cinematic in scope and demands to be taken seriously… more »
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Monday
15th MarchPresented by Damian Smith
Playlist
The National
Apartment Story
BoxerKing Tubby
Psalms of Drums
Dub EchoesM Ward
Magic Trick
Post-WarThe Devil and Abbe May
Oh Sweet Jaysus!
Hoodoo You DoThe Scotch of St James
Suit and Saviour
The Slim PickinsMo Wilson & The Drivers
Daylight Robbery
Learn to DanceThe Horrors
Who Can Say
Primary ColoursBobby Blackbird and the Bluejays
Cheetah
The Heavy Heavy EPJarvis Cocker
Hold Still
Further ComplicationsDiger Rokwell
The Moon
The Earth HeadDavey Craddock
Peanuts
IntroducingThe Ben Winkelman Trio
Urge
The Spanish TingeSugar Army
Tongues in Cheeks
The Parallels Amongst OurselvesTangled Star
The Fatal Shore
It's Now or LaterRobert Forster
Let Your Light In, Babe
The EvangelistSchvendes
Mary Bell
Sweet Talk Your EnemiesKokolo
More Consideration
Dyscord
Beneath the Callous
TiradesRoyksopp
Vision One
JuniorSnowman
Swimming with Sharks
SnowmanThe Phoenix Foundation
40 Years
Happy EndingTroy Roberts Double Quartet
Tebrocnala
The XenDen SuitePaul Prestipino
Hiroshima
TunnelVetiver
Road to Ronderlin
Thing of the Past
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Monday 15th March
Victims of Spin
Just how much of what we read in the newspaper is driven by PR?
Online news site Crikey and the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism have spent six months trying to find out, and they reckon they have a good idea.
Morning Magazine’s Damian Smith spoke with Crikey editor Sophie Black to find out the magic number, and the worst offenders… more »
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Monday 15th March
Back to Basics on Welfare
It’s a pretty rough feeling when you get to the supermarket checkout and realise you can’t afford your groceries.
According to the head of the nation’s peak welfare group, embarrassed shoppers on the Federal Government’s income management scheme are… more »
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Friday
12th MarchPresented by Bren McGurk
Playlist
Eudemonik
Memento
Revolver
Get Around Town
Brash and Sassy
No Milk for you
smRts
Pencil Writes With Its Heart
Last Dinosaurs
As Far As You're Concerned
Umpire
Vapours Wrecked Your Knives
The Brow Horn Orchestra
Raga
Team B
On My Mind
The Smiths
Still Ill
Luna Parade
Cult Film
Orquesta Color Tango De Reberto Alvarez
Piqueteros
Arts Martial
Dreams
Timothy Nelson & The Infidels
Speak the Truth in Love
Emperors
Favourite Colours
The Spitfires
Shallow Grave
Grace Barbe
Zomn Araze
Big Game Hunter
Anything Good
Fourplay String Quartet
Cry Me A River
Rudolf Koelman with Fremantle Chamber Orchestra
Romance: Andante non troppo
Chainsaw Hookers
Red Hot Pussy Liquors
Petanque
Anton is cooler than Dave
Sneaky Weasel Gang
Houndog Blues
Johnny Cash
I Cant Help But Wonder Where Im Bound
Hungry Kids of Hungary
One By One
Cat Black
Instrumental
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Friday 12th March
The Rise of the E-Book
With the rise of e-books and online newspaper, it wouldn’t be surprising to learn we’re buying less newspapers, books and magazines.
The ABC reported yesterday that over the last year spending on newspapers and books dropped by 13 percent, but more »
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Friday 12th March
Bite the Pillowman
Martin Macdonagh – the Irish Playwright who brought you the ‘Lieutenant of Innishmore’ and ‘In Bruges’, is at it again.
His work ‘The Pillow Man’ has been brought to town by Playlovers – a theatre company based in Floreat.
Its a somewhat dark tale – a blackcomedy if you will – involving murder, mystery and little green pigs ?
To find out more Bren Mcgurk joined director Matt Lonergan and actor Rodney Worth for a chat… more »
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Thursday
11th MarchPresented by Meri Fatin
Playlist
Beta Band
Assessment
The Avenues
Black Heart
All that you areStereoflower
The cocaine bebop
Paul Hartnoll/Robert Smith
Please
The Ideal ConditionThe Pernice Bros
The Saddest Quo
Discover a lovelier youDay of the Dead
Phantom,
Kill or be killedKu Ling Bros
Calm before the Storm
Here come the astronautsMercury Rev
Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp
Lou Rhodes
One Good Thing
One good thingPetanque
Par Avion
Songs to help you feel betterLou Rhodes
There for the taking
One Good thingThe Wednesday Society
Pedant
School of seven Bells
Connjur
AlpinismsBibio
Sugarette
Mama Kin
You tore my heart out
Digitalism
Idealism
IdealismDiger Rokwell
Word Association
The Earth HeadThe Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Honeybear
Show your bonesPrefuse 73
Prog version slowly crushed
The the
Heartland
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Wednesday
10th MarchPresented by Travis Collins
Playlist
Electric Wire Hustle
They Don't Want Me
Mathas
Skyhawks
The Vice Chancellors
Chomping Through The Zoo
Mono
Follow The Map
Apricot Rail
Pouring Milk Out The Window
Thievery Corporation
The Shining Path
Captn K
Incense
Smokie Robinson
Tracks Of My Tears
Cortney Tidwell
Watusii
Yo La Tengo
Here To Fall
Middle East
Generals & Majors
The Gulls Of Fever Town
Benedict Moleta
Meshes
The Slow Beings
Nill By Rote
Diger Rokwell
Helen Margaret
Strange Boys
Friday In Paris
Revers Engine Ear
Educated Guess
Massive Attack
Paradise Circus
The Long Lost
Amiss
Petanque
Happiness
Metiqulas & NFA
Who's Whispering
She & Him
Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
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Wednesday 10th March
Ripper speaks on Electricity Price Rises
Electricity prices will rise by over 17 per cent this year.
This will affect households all around the state as well as small businesses.
The government says these costs are unavoidable – but can we really afford them?
Opposition Leader Eric Ripper spoke to Travis Collins on Morning Magazine… more »
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What's On Each Day
Monday
With Damian Smith
Find out what’s coming up on All Things Queer, airing Monday nights from 10pm.
Africa Focus – we look across the Indian Ocean to the vast plains of Africa with Dr David Robinson, covering the stories other organisations miss.
The latest in science fiction, fantasy, and pop culture on Faster Than Light with Grant Stone.
Tuesday
With Jamie Macdonald
Talk the Talk – our weekly delve in to linguistics and the history and implications of a word or phrase being used currently, with UWA’s Daniel Midgley.
Wednesday
With Travis Collins
Understorey – WA’s only environmental radio show airs on Morning Magazine just after 11.30 every Wednesday.
Thursday
With Meri Fatin
Dress Up, Stand Up – our fortnightly look in to the world of fashion and where it intersects with the everyday and the political, with local designer Jo Pickup
The Arts Wrap – Georgia Malone from PICA gives us the lowdown on the local arts scene every fortnight.
Know Thyself – with one of four rotating special guests helping you to lead a more holistic life.
Friday
With Bren McGurk
Unzip the Sealed Section with sexologist Dr Gareth Merriman; diving into the titillating, fascinating and sometimes nauseating world of sex.
Burning Down the House takes on women’s issues every Friday on the Mag after 11.30.

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