Yarning on the radio about ‘No Fixed Address’
Through May, June and July 2023, there was a swag of radio interviews done in Melbourne and Sydney about the book ‘No Fixed Address’. Links are below.
Main pic above: Ricky Harrison and Bart Willoughby at ABC studios, Ultimo, Sydney, 6 July 2023.
Bart Willoughby and Donald Robertson with Robbie Thorpe twiddling the dials on 3CR’s Blak ‘n’ Deadly.
Bart Willoughby waxed lyrical on No Fixed Address, music, life, the universe and everything on Robbie’s Thorpe’s Blak ‘n’ Deadly show on Melbourne Radical Radio 3CR. Hit the link above to listen to a magical hour of music, memories and more.
After Bart Willoughby left the studio to the strains of ‘I Can’t Stand and Look’, Joe Malignaggi chatted to me for the first half hour of Music Matters about writing, Roadrunner and how meeting and hearing No Fixed Address opened my eyes to the different Australia experienced by young Aboriginal people.
ABC Radio Melbourne (5 May)
Brian Nankervis and Jacinta Parsons said very nice things about the ‘No Fixed Address’ book on ABC Radio Melbourne’s Friday Revue.
ABC Radio Adelaide (6 May)
Early on Saturday morning, I had lovely chat with Deb Tribe on ABC Radio Adelaide Weekend Breakfast about No Fixed Address.
Daniel James from 3RRR program ‘The Mission’ quizzed Bart Willoughby and myself about some of the hair-raising escapades detailed in the book.
Michael Fisher, Sean Moffatt, Ricky Harrison and Donald Robertson at FBI Radio.
After Ricky Harrison, Sean Moffatt and myself had appeared on a lunchtime panel at the Addison Road Writers’ Festival in Marrickville, it was off to FBI Radio in Alexandria for Jack Off with Jack Shit. Click the link above and fast forward to the 59 minute mark, chill to Elvis on the ‘Edge of Reality’, then listen to Ricky and Sean reprise the two songs they performed in Marrickville live in the (somewhat cramped) studio, followed by a four way chat about the book. And hats off to Michael Fisher who wrangled the sound equipment.
Sean Moffatt with Rudi Bremer (right) and NoKTuRNL vocalist Craig Tilmouth
Ricky Harrison, Sean Moffatt and myself had a chat with Rudi Bremer for Awaye!, the ABC’s Aboriginal arts and culture program.
Toby Creswell’s spoke to Ricky Harrison, Sean Moffatt and myself for Arts Thursday. It’s rough and ready radio, but once you get past the glitches, the interview itself is wide-ranging, well-informed and insightful.
Clockwise from top left: Ricky Harrison, Simon Marnie, Donald Robertson and Sean Moffatt.
Radio Skid Row Sydney (16 June)
Breakfast with Colin Hesse. It was a stimulating way to start the day.
ABC Radio Sydney – Sonic Journey with Simon Marnie (1 July)
The Sonic Journey with Ricky Harrison, Sean Moffatt and myself hit the airwaves on 1 July (as part of Weekend Mornings). If you click the link above, Sonic Journey starts one hour in, immediately after the 11 am news. The theme of the show was trailblazing Aboriginal rock of the ’80s. Ricky reckons it is the best interview yet.
Ricky Harrison, Donald Robertson and Bart Willoughby.
ABC Double J – The J Files (6 July)
The J Files is ABC Double J’s music documentary podcast and the NAIDOC Week version was all about No Fixed Address. Delving deep into the Double J and Triple J archives, the episode meshes historical and contemporary interviews, snatches from films and TV and of course, music. Voices featured included Ricky Harrison, Bart Willoughby Band Willoughby, Joe Geia, Ned Lander, the late Leila Rankine, Michael Fisher and Goanna’s Shane Howard. Brilliantly weaved together by producer Ellie Parnell and anchored by Caz Tran, this is a stunning piece of work.
Radio Northern Beaches (26 July)
Michael Lester describes his interview thus: ‘i discuss with music writer, editor and publisher (roadrunner, and countdown magazines) donald robertson, author of the biography of 1980s pioneering australian aboriginal rock band ‘no fixed address’ (hybrid press 2023) whose original, outspoken and often controversial songs and lyrics opened up the path for a wave of subsequent aboriginal bands in the face of discrimination and outright racism; giving voice and empowerment to their lived experience. a compelling and stark story, insightfully told.’ Phew!
Stuart Coupe and Bart Willoughby
Dirt Music (broadcast date TBA)
Stuart Coupe talks to Bart Willoughby, who also performs an unplugged version of “Love’, the title track of the one and only Mixed Relations album. Dirt Music is broadcast on 2SER Sydney from 1pm on Saturdays, and on community radio stations across the country on the Community Radio Network (check your local station for times).
