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On this week's episode of LWICFD! we have Mike Whyte! Mike is a freelance documentary maker & cameraman 🎥 and has made some killer docos about the rescue team @ Mt Everest base camp & Great White Sharks…before that he was playing in rock bands, going to gigs & a cop! 👮 Mike should probably make a doco about himself & we have a really cool chat that takes in a lot of rad music & great dinner part...

On this week's episode of LWICFD! we have Dr. Georgie McClean! Georgie is the Executive Director of Development & Partnerships at Creative Australia (formerly known as the Australia Council) where she oversees research & industry development, plus looks after the partnerships team dealing with philanthropy, wellbeing & education, all within the Creative Arts industry.  It sounds like a lot (and it...

SQUUAAAAWK! That's the sound a Parrot makes and also the sound of the new song from loudnheavy band TOTALLY UNICORN    🦄🦜🤘🏼 To tell us all about the new song and the tour to support the song (which starts THIS FRIDAY!) is the lead Bass player in said band…Dean Podmore 💥 Fun episode facts: Dean has been in bands all his life, he had a crack at standup comedy and his younger brother is my daugh...

It is my pleasure to introduce to you Andy Fermo for this episode of LWICFD! Andy served as a Commando in the Australian Defence Force, achieving the rank of Corporal and specialising in Electronic Warfare. He served 2 tours in Afghanistan & upon returning home he realised he was suffering from PTSD.   Andy tells us of his journey of how he got into the army & some of his time in the war zone & wh...

What would you do if you were a firefighter, calmly doing a 💩 at the station but suddenly the fire station alarm goes off & you have to rush to a potentially hectic situation - surprisingly I've never even considered this but my guest on the LWICFD! podcast this has actually been there himself …introducing Nathan Spare! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Nate is an actual Firefighter & has written an illustrated kids...

It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you Ethan Cochran, the lead guitarist (#shred-lord) of Central Coast band The Gypsy Wailers  They have just released their debut LP last week called HOWLIN' ON THE STREETS OF NOWHERE LAND which was recorded right here at Bangerz & Mosh Studios 💥 You can stream the album on all of the things, so go check it out & also go check 'em out live (next show is 1...

Hi-diddly-ho! It's (literally) my neighborino Russell "Rusty" Hopkinson on this episode #23 of LWICFD! For those that don't already know, Rusty is the drummer in one of Australia's most loved bands You Am I (as well as playing drums or guitar in HEAPS of other bands before he joined YAI & also a few after eg Radio Birdman). Rusty is a connoisseur of vinyl records & a walking encyclopaedia when it...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllright now! Episode 22 of LWICFD! Podcast features West Australian bruz, Nic Jonsson  Nic has hit drums for many great bands over the years including Eskimo Joe & End of Fashion but now he's being a #radDad & measuring the vibrations of massive ballbearings (#truestory😅) BUT he does have a few musical surprises up his sleeve…🤫so tune in to find out what they may be!   Ma...

YEEEHAW! 🤠 Episode 21 of LWICFD! Podcast features my good mate, Milly D'Alton! Milly is the OG Punk rock public servant, but when she ain't doing this she is owning & booking the legendary Woy Woy venue The Link & Pin @thelinkandpin + running a record label & promoting company called OuttaSpace with her partner in punk, Adam MrInBetweenie Milly & I have a great yarn which travels everywhere inclu...

Episode 20 of LWICFD! Podcast features my longtime friend, Evan "Ezy" Kanarakis    Evan is what I like to call a deadset renaissance man…he has a degree in Law, a Masters in Arts (History) 🤓, has published a book called "Sex, Drugs & Mum in the Front Row", writes & maintains a monthly blog called The Cud, has managed rock bands & now paints skateboard decks & runs a skateboard deck company called...

Apple podcasts STILL keeps chopping off all my links 🤯 so until I work out a solution, I gotta keep this short, so just hit play & all will be revealed. Al O'Neill - audio engineer, band manager (The Chats / Cosmic Psychos / Magic Dirt / These New South Whales / The Prize), Backline rental company owner & sometimes music promoter…ie BUSY! 🐝 We dive deep into what Al has been up to the past few y...

Apple podcasts keeps chopping off all my links so until I work out a solution, I gotta keep this short. My guest this week is Chris "Choaty" Choat. Back in my touring days, Choaty was my R-Adelaide local man with the van & the tan (+ sometimes the plan!) as we got the band we were working for at the time from A - Z & all the letters in between on the touring alphabet.   Choaty also hosts a long ti...

Ho Ho Ho! It's Xmas time 🎄 & as such we have a most excellent guest on the final episode of LWICFD! for 2023…MITCH from HISS & CRACKLE RECORDS, an independent record store based in Wallsend, NSW Australia (for all your last minute xmas needs) Mitch also plays guitar in the Howlin' Rats who provide joyous music for your earholes (links below) Anyway, Apple podcasts keeps chopping off all my links...

Good day listeners! This weeks guest on LWICFD! podcast is Dan Condon! Dan is the music editor at Double J radio (what that exactly is is explained in the poddy) but I first met Dan when he joined The Grates as their touring 2nd guitarist / keys player / banjo player / Panda Bear 🐼 (all will be revealed I promise 😉)   Much fun was had as we travelled around the planet on our crazy rock adventure...

ATTENTION! "Call it violent soul music, call it cold fear rock. This is music to be felt in the fist, the gut and the base of the spine!" Murray Engleheart (Remedy) The band being referred to above is Adelaide, SA trio The Mark of Cain & it blows my mind that I have TMOC Bass player Kim Scott as my very special guest on the show this week.   I started listening to TMOC in 1995 when I first heard a...

EPISODE 14 - JUSTINE ATKINS Hey heeeey!   This episode of LWICFD! welcomes my awesome & HILARIOUS friend, JUSTINE!!!  Juzzy is the perfect guest to round out the Australian Music Month for LWICFD! because she is a #1 fan of music & going to shows & festivals (btw her 🐐 festival experience is pretty wack 🤣) PLUS she is an amazing cook 😋 I first met Juzzy about 9 or 10 years ago (altho I still ca...

Greetings! This weeks guest on LWICFD! Is Caleb Williams! Caleb currently manages mega-metalcore band THE AMITY AFFLICTION as well as CLOWNS, BODYJAR, YOURS TRULY & SHORT STACK. But before all of that, Caleb & I would often tour together, either working for the same band or different bands on the same tour… #goodtimes indeed! 🥳 Apart from being a huge advocate for mental health support within the...

EPISODE 12 - CHRIS "WOODSY" WOODS HöNK! HöNK!   That's the sound the big wheelers make & a sound that I 😍 & have been making since I was a knee-high-to-a-grasshopper-Grommy playing with my 🚛, 🚂 & ✈️ (Still do tbh 😅) It's also the sound the guest of episode 12 of LWICFD! loves to hear as said big rigs pull out from the venue & hit the road to the next show…& that guest is CHRIS WOODS from Live...

LWICFD! ep.11 welcomes LUKE "BOO" JOHNSTON!!! If you have ever been to see a gig that The Bronx, The Jezabels, The Chats, Frenzal Rhomb, Alex Lahey & many more too numerous to mention were playing, the chances are that Boo was the tour manager & / or guitar / drum / stage tech for that tour.   Right now he is currently on the road with Grinspoon as they zoom around Oz on their "Easy Detention Tour...

LWICFD! ep.10 welcomes JAMES TIDSWELL!!! (From legendary Brisbane / Meanjin band VIOLENT SOHO & now DOMESTIC LA LA records)   James is one of the most passionate music fans that I have ever met & his knowledge & photographic memory for all things totally blew me away. His enthusiasm for life is infectious & we had an EPIC chat about anything & everything including BBQ, fanboying over rockstars & C...

I cannot believe that LWICFD! ep.9 introduces one of my favourite drummers…John Stanier!!!   John has been a HUGE influence not only on me as I thrash around on a drum kit from time to time, but also on literally MASSES of other drummers / musicians / headbangers around the world 🤘🏼 I totally encourage you to dive deep in all of the bands John has been associated with over the years that I know...

EPISODE 8 - KEVIN MITCHELL LWICFD! ep.8 welcomes my good mate, KEVIN MITCHELL!!! whom y'all might recognise from deadset legendary Aussie band Jebediah & also Kevs other project, Bob Evans. Full disclaimer - this is a very special episode for me - Like most people my age (now mid+forfties but back then I had just turned 18) I first encountered Kev & his pals Brett, Ness & Chris (aka Jebediah) when...

EPISODE 7 - AMIEL VAN EWYK LWICFD! ep.7 welcomes my deep thinking good mate, AMIEL VAN EWYK!!! Amiel is a born & bred Killcare, NSW 2257 person whom I met after I moved to the area. Currently he is a loving husband & father of 2 cool kids, who shares that love with old cars & motorbikes as well as being a self-employed-professional-hole-digger…tune in to find out more! But before that Amiel was th...

LWICFD! ep.6 welcomes my very funny & long time friend, LOREN MCHENRY!!! It was a crazy hot & dusty Tamworth Country Music Festival that was the backdrop to my first ever meeting Loz & hanging out with her & the band she managed at the time… (Spurs For Jesus). Days were fuelled by heinous Woodstock Bourbon & Cola cans combined with sweat, some tears & possibly some blood from the big punch-on I wi...

LWICFD! ep.5 stars my good mate, Mr SEAN FRAZER!!! I met Sean back when I was galavanting around town with my hair styled in an electric blue mohawk, slinging gourmet meat tubes aka sausages 🌭 out of my heavy metal pig shaped BBQ in my OG Sausage slinging company called Bangerz & Mosh (Brutal, yet Nutritional!)   Sean was out & about in a certain commercial rock stations summer jeep party mobile...