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The Monday Wire
Mon,
12-2 PM
Playlist from 8/12/2008
- On high rotate, on and off the Wire:
- Gang Gang Dance – Bebey
- Deerhunter – Vox Celeste
- Built To Spill – Car
- Parts and Labor – Little Ones
- Jesus and Mary Chain – Sowing Seeds
- Les Savy Fav – In These Woods
- Blank Dogs – Epic Moves
- Pixies – No. 13 Baby
- Mission of Burma – Peking Spring
- A Place to Bury Strangers – I Know I'll See You
- Dinosaur Jr – The Lung
- David Bowie – Warzawa
- Black Moth Super Rainbow – Forever Heavy
Joe Nunweek
Joe was raised on the mean streets of Mt.Albert-cum-Roskill. He is pretty good at two kinds of soup, doesn't have a trampoline anymore, and thrills to the sound of isolated Smash Mouth vocal takes.
On The WIRE, January 5 2008:
12:20pm: Janfrie Wakim, Palestine Human Rights Campaign
It's hard to ignore the most pressing world news story taking the place of other "silly season" headlines this early in January - Israel's controversial airstrikes and ground invasion of Gaza, which have seen half a thousand Palestinians kiled. Considering the low, low Israeli death toll and the continuing blockade on Gaza up to the attack, pro-Palestinian groups say the NZ government's response has been "pathetic". PHRC spokeswoman Janfrie Wakim elaborates to Joe.
12.45pm: Kate Gainsford, Post-Primary Teachers Association President
Dr John Hattie snatched up plenty of column inches in a news-hungry weekend with the final collation of several years of work that many say could be the "Holy Grail" of research into primary and secondary education - and certainly, with a focus on a lot of qualitative rather than quantitative solutions, it's a breath of fresh air. But as Kate Gainsford, the PPTA president, explains to Joe, some think the University of Auckland study comes to some worrying and questionable conclusions.
1:40 pm:Sarah Meikle, Positively Wellington
Wellington is friendlier to its out-of-towners than some parts of the country, but some noses might be out of joint about a proposed Wellington City Council plan to start charging travellers for once free attractions like Te Papa and the City Gallery. Joe likes Wellington, so he's a little put out - but he finds out why the city's tourism board thinks it's a good thing.
(Story with more info at http://tvnz.co.nz/travel-news/wgtns-visitors-could-pay-attractions-2433446)