What am I listening to on my Friday night drive home from the SBS News studios?

I was sitting in a hotel lobby when I came across this singer I’d never heard of. So I asked my friend Shazza M and she told me he’s English and 40. So here we are…

Wow, this is a powerful, articulate thread outlining some key issues in a case that grabbed everyone’s attention.

Politics is the highest form of art, says the Hugo Weaving character in The President.

What could more perfectly epitomise that than Jo Dyer and Tom Wright leading the cameo charge for SydneyTheatreCompany tonight.

This new Eamon Flack production marks the fourth time I’ve seen HTM on stage. That, for me, is more than any other play. And it’s just as searing and authentic and irresistible as when I first saw it with Guy Edmonds and Matt Zeremes. Another highlight for the Belvoir team.

What am I listening to on my Friday night drive home from the SBS News studios?

The jazz legend and Grammy winner, using her legendary guttural vibrato, does a terrific scat take on Perdido in this compilation. I’ll be singing along (doing my best, natch, to keep up).

In 2024, Australia's longest-running international current affairs show SBS Dateline marks its 40th year on air. trib.al/Gb9Xfs1

What am I listening to on my Friday night drive home from the SBS News studios?

Indian Woman, All I See is Your Face, Let the Song Last Forever.

As much as anyone else, Dan Hill got me through uni nights. He cut through my teen angst and BS, speaking directly to me.

#Ukraine risks a lost generation warns #UNICEF James Elder two years on from Russia’s invasion - with Anton Enus on SBS World News

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What am I listening to on my Friday night drive home from the SBS News studios?

Ai Marieke Marieke…

With her deep, emotive, velvet-voiced take on the music of Jacques Brel, Laurika Rauch was a staple of my late teen years.

What an absolute treat from Hayes Theatre Co : They’re Playing Our Song. Funny and touching, with memorable songs. Zoe Gertz and Justin Smith make Neil Simon’s script zing with wit.
This is exactly why I love musical theatre.
#NeglectedMusicals

What am I listening to on my Friday night drive home from the SBS News studios?

Smooth as, resonant, legendary: the unmistakable James Taylor.

And I discovered today that a certain superstar singer performing in Melbourne tonight was named after him…

Ha. Good advice, though. And I still use it in many contexts, most recently last night on the tennis court in Coogee.

What am I listening to on my Friday night drive home from the SBS News studios?

The iconic Mas Que Nada (with the original Brasil ’66) plus the irresistible Brazilian rhythms overlaid on a slew of Beatles classics.

Congratulations, Karen Middleton. Talent always rises.

What am I listening to on my Friday night drive home from the SBS News studios?

The intro to our story tonight called them the best British 70s funk band you didn’t know you knew. True. I didn’t.

What am I listening to on my Friday night drive home from the SBS News studios?

Come on baby light my fire (while we listen to the pouring rain, listen to it pour).

The sounds of my teenage years.

What am I listening to on my Friday night drive home from the SBS News studios?

Losers and winners, everyone must play fair.

Back to my high school years for tonight’s blast of nostalgia. I sang along many, many times to Rolling Down a Mountain Side. And will be again tonight.

What am I listening to on my Friday night drive home from the SBS News studios?

Some notable firsts here. Simone Simone Young, Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, is heading to Bayreuth to conduct Wagner’s Ring Cycle.

First woman.

First Australian.