Nights for Friday 25 October 2024
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
10:30 PM.Tonight, he's got new music from Panda Bear, Halloween-inspired tracks from Thee Golden Geese and something fresh from the band White Poppy. Read more Audio
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Long-lost story by author of Dracula rediscovered 130 years later
10:18 PM.Irish clinical pharmacist Brian Cleary found the story, Gibbet Hill, pressed in a newspaper supplement from the Christmas of 1890. Read more Audio
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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
9:35 PM.Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to chat about Lee the biography of the photographer Lee Miller, The Adjustment Bureau starring Matt Damon and some rare gems from NZ Film… Read more Audio
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This Weekend: Raglan Art Weekend
9:15 PM.Thousands are expected to turn out to the beach town of Raglan for the 14th year of the Raglan Art Weekend. Read more Audio
8:15 Pacific Waves
A daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in the world. Hosted by Susana Suisuiki.
Photo: RNZ / Jarred Bishop, Michel Tuffery and Jeff McEwan
8:30 Tenuous Connections
It's Friday Night so it's time to put on a playlist of music with a loose theme based off an even looser starting point.
Tonight: spooky songs for Halloween.
Featuring:
Halloween Theme by John Carpenter
Thriller by Michael Jackson
I Put A Spell On You by Nina Simone
Season of the Witch by Donovan
Little Dark Age by MGMT
Werewolf by Cat Power
Monster Mash by Bobby Pickett
Honourable mentions we didn't have time for:
Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon - requested by Liv
The Werewolf by Paul Simon - requested by Anonymous
Bride of Frankenstein by Toy Love - requested by Hamish
The Witches Song by Maryanne Faithful - requested by Anonymous
What's He Building In There? by Tom Waits - requested by Hamish
Spooky by Atlanta Rhythm Section - requested by Paul
Riders on the Storm by The Doors - requested by Anonymous
Zombie by The Cranberries - requested by Anonymous
Black Angels by George Crumb - requested by Anonymous
True Blood by Bad Things - requested by Sonia
I Want Candy by Bow Wow - requested by Andrew
Partner in Crime by Madilyn Mei - requested by Anonymous
9:07 Nights Quiz
Do you know your stuff? Come on the air and be grilled by Emile Donovan as he dons his quizmaster hat.
If you get an answer right, you move on to the next question. If you get it wrong, your time in the chair is up, and the next caller will be put through. The person with the most correct answers at the end of the run goes in the draw for a weekly prize.
The quiz is themed - Tonight's theme is tattoos
9:15 This Weekend: Raglan Art Week
Every Friday, we bring you some of the most interesting events and happenings coming up in Aotearoa this weekend - from the community fairs to the massive concerts.
Tonight we're heading to the seaside town of Raglan for RAW - the Raglan Art Weekend!
Surfers wait at Raglan. Photo: Beccalove/Flickr
9:20 Focus on Politics
Weekly insight into the political issues that matter from RNZ's gallery team.
9:35 Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to chat about Lee the biography of the photographer Lee Miller, The Adjustment Bureau starring Matt Damon and some rare gems from NZ Film On Demand the digital rental service operated by the New Zealand Film Commission.
10:17 Long-lost story by author of Dracula rediscovered 130 years later
A long-lost short story by the author of Dracula, Bram Stoker, has been rediscovered after over 130 years.
Clinical pharmacist Brian Cleary found the story, Gibbet Hill, pressed in a newspaper supplement from the Christmas of 1890.
After an experience of sudden hearing loss, Cleary had been pursuing his lifelong passion for the works of Bram Stoker at the National Library of Ireland, leafing through old clippings, when he made the discovery.
All proceeds from sales of Gibbet Hill will go to the Rotunda Foundation's Charlotte Stoker Fund to support research into deafness in babies - a fund named for Bram Stoker's mother, who was an advocate for deaf people.
Gibbet Hill is having its world premiere tomorrow at Dublin's Bram Stoker Festival.
The man who discovered the story, lifelong Stoker fan Brian Cleary, joins Emile Donovan from Dublin.
Brian Cleary discovered the long-lost 'Gibbet Hill' short story in a Christmas edition of the Dublin Daily Express from 1890, preserved at the National Library of Ireland. Photo: Supplied
10:30 Out Lately with Finn Johansson
He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.
Tonight, he's got new music from Panda Bear, Halloween-inspired tracks from Thee Golden Geese and something fresh from the band White Poppy.
11:07 Flying Nun
In the final episode of the Flying Nun Records story, popular music and the music business have changed almost beyond recognition.
But as the label celebrates it's 21st year, international success beckons for some current Flying Nun acts, and we consider the legacy of one of New Zealand's best loved and most respected record labels.
