Out Of The Box

SPECIAL DOUBLE SIZE SHOW! Eleven years ago, a guy came in and painted the back wall of FBi's meeting room. He was the station's new Music Director. Eleven years later, FBi's General Manager of Music, Dan Zilber, is stepping down. But before he goes, he's coming on Out of the Box to tell us a bit about those last eleven years, himself and his crazy good taste in music. Full show notes and playlist at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-07-03

Chef, author, DJ, a heaps decent co-founder of Heaps Decent and co-host of FBi Click‘s new Halfway Crooks Radio show. Andrew Levins knows how to do a lot of stuff. But he's saying goodbye to the Dip kitchens after years at Goodgod Small Club, and he's coming in to tell us all about it. Full show notes and playlist at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-06-26

Max Lavergne is the mastermind who unleashed the Spiders Georg factoid upon the internet, which was recently picked up and totally mis-interpreted by the Huffington Post. Other than his prolific tumblr-ing and tweeting he is also a producer and presenter on Triple J, has confessed at Confession Booth, late night libraried with Penguin Plays Rough, fed SBS' the Feed and puts on the bi-monthly TOD Talks events at Giant Dwarf.

This week on Out of the Box, Astrid Lorange. She's an associate lecturer at COFA, a researcher, teacher, poet, book indexer, essayist, and sometimes even a muso and an award-winning home brewer. Full show notes and playlist at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-06-12

SPECIAL LIVE SHOW: This week we come live from Carriageworks with artist Henry Coombes. Henry's work at the 19th Biennale, 'I am the Architect, this is not Happening, this is Unacceptable', is full of Eraserhead-like imagery, energetic middle-aged dancing and a mild descent into madness and/or art. Full show notes and playlist at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-06-05

Originally broadcast on July 11, 2013, this week we're bringing you last year's Sydney Writers Festival interview with Eli Horowitz by former Out of the Box host Heidi Pett. We're taking a week off as Vivid takes over FBi every midday this week. Join us again next week, though, for our live broadcast! We're doing an open-to-the live show broadcast from the Carriageworks next week, with Biennale video artist Henry Coombes. Join us just outside the Carriageworks' Biennale exhibition ten to midday on Thursday, June 5th 2014. We'd love to see you there. Details here.

Zora Sanders is a an old soul trapped in the body of a young Melbourne writer. Currently editing  Australia's second oldest literary journal, Meanjin, she is also interested in history and shps, presenting a history-mystery themed segment called The Zed Files with Jeff Sparrow on RRR in Melbourne. Full show notes and playlist at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-05-22

Andrew Johnstone started out dreaming to be an artist and accidentally became a designer. He's started Empty Magazine after a night drinking with a friend when they decided it would be a good idea to start a magazine. He found himself pitching an original idea for what has become an international design conference - called Semi Permanent - in Barcelona with co-founder Murray Bell. It's now in it's 11th year. They've had all sorts of amazing guests, who range from Pixar animator Andrew Gordon to Roman Coppola to this year's star catch Tony Hawk. Not bad for a boy from the 'Gong. Full show notes and playlist at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-05-15

Amelia Hepburn and Angela Aldred are the twin brains behind new cosy Redfern dive Your Ex Lovers. The pair met at art school and are going to tell us all about life after the tertiary while playing some of their favourite music. Full show notes and playlist at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-05-08/

If you've seen Mark Hawwa around town, the first word that probably leapt to mind was "dapper". Mark is the founder of the annual Distinguished Gentleman's Ride, which stakes its twin ambitions on raising money for the Prostate Cancer Foundation and upping the sartorial chops of motorcyclists. He's also behind the upcoming bike show at The Vic, called Throttle Roll. Full show notes and playlist at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-05-01/

Tom Dawkins met nobel laureates at sixteen, helped found Vibewire while he was still at university and went on to co-found kickstarter-like, non-profit fundraising site StartSomeGood. Somewhere in there he's found time to have a family and a burning man presence, all in the same lifetime. Full show notes and playlist at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-04-24/

Today's guests are the dynamic duo responsible for the Shire's makeshift art gallery Space 44 and festival Sounds of the Suburbs, Jack Irvin and Aaron Girgis. A friendship forged out of scabbing lifts to the beach has turned out to be one of the best things to happen for the social lives of the kids in Cronulla. Full show notes and playlist at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-04-17/

Zoe Daniel is a former foreign correspondent and all around danger mum. An ABC foreign correspondent first in Africa then South East Asia, she has just written all about it in a book called Storyteller. Zoe is currently co-presenting the daily ABC current affairs show The World. Full show notes and playlist at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-04-10/

This week's guest, John Kirkman, has had many interesting turns in his career trajectory, working for the likes of the The Casula Powerhouse, Flying Fruit Fly Circus and Djamu Gallery at The Austalian Museum. He is now the Executive Directory of Paramatta's culture-making Information Cultural Exchange. Full show note and playlist at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-04-03/

Performance artist, clown and sideshow artist Marlena Dalí­ from Cabaret Sashimi chooses our songs this week. Probably the only woman you'll meet who can hammer 6 inch nails into her face onstage, swallow a sword and still talk with you about art theory after taking them out. Full show notes and track list at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-03-27/

Sarah Emery is a creative lady with a big heart. Throughout her career she has been involved in a number of artistic proejcts aimed to reach out to disadvantaged people in the community. She is currently the Associate Director at Milk Crate Theatre and is the director of Milk Crate's current production You Are Here. She has also been an independent artist with Heaps Decent and Shopfront and was for a short period, a professional follower of Morrisey. Full show notes and track list at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-03-20/

Long time presenter Heidi Pett is moving on from Out of the Box. But, before does, she gets together with our fabulous new host Ash Berdebes to talk about her own life and music; Frost/Nixon style. Playlist and show notes at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-03-13/.

The multi-talented Florence Noble bootstrapped her way to fame and fortune — or at least, the road to fame or fortune — by making her own TV pilot. She's most recently been on screen on the ABC's made-in-a-week tv series 7 Days Later and she's in today to tell us about about her life and some of her favourite music. Full show notes and playlist at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-03-06/

This week we're joined by NSW President of Amnesty International and formidable social commentator for sites like the Guardian and the Vine Senthorun Raj, one of the speakers at the Mardi Gras' Walkley Media Talk Something queer happened on the way to the newsroom … Full show notes and playlist at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-02-27/

In his short career Benjamin Law has published two books, a thesis and a million articles in frankie, Good Weekend, The Monthly, the Twitter and more. He talks a lot about sex, homosexuality, his Asian heritage, and the ups and downs of being a sexy gay Asian-Australian. He's funny, insightful and prolific, and he's all yours for an hour today. Full show notes and playlist at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2014-02-20/