This week, we give you the Bay To Birdwood experience, from the front seat of a 1978 Mazda 121 and then from within an old MTT bus with the National Motor Museum’s senior curator, Mick Bolognese, who last joined us in episode 196, and finally on the grounds of the National Motor Museum with Michelle Toft and Paul Clark.
This week, the SA Drink Of The Week is from Kersbrook Hill Wines.
Michael will try to stump us in IS IT NEWS on the topic of Holdens.
In 100 Weeks Ago we hear from Neil Ward the publicist.
In stories without notice, Steve sits in the Mazda 121 with National Motor Museum Director, Paul Rees, who gets personal.
And in the musical pilgrimage … we hear from Southpaw and Joseph Duigan.
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Running Sheet: The Bay To Birdwood Experience
| TIME | SEGMENT |
| 00:00:00 | Outtake |
| She said it was a sports car | |
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Theme |
| Theme and Introduction. Our original theme song in full is here, Adelaidey-hoo. | |
| 00:02:25 | SA Drink Of The Week |
| 2013 Kersbrook Hill Shiraz … tasting notes | |
| 00:07:57 | Stories Without Notice |
| National Motor Museum Director Paul Rees, shares his memories of the 1978 Mazda 121, which was his first car upon arriving in Australia in the early 1980s. | |
| 00:11:17 | Daniel Jasiowski and Asami Sakura |
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Steve drove in the Bay To Birdwood in a Mazda 121 with David from Paradise Motors Mazda, and Japanese journalist and blogger, Asami Sakura. Glen Dix set the day off. David, why this car? What is special about the 121? How did it compare, back in the day? Is servicing a challenge? What is the mileage like? Did Japanese cars cope with Australia’s summer? Asami Sakura In Australia, we have a lot of people who love restoring old cars and celebrating memories of driving in them – is that something Japanese people share?
Are people tribal with their brand loyalty?
Is there a culture of going for Sunday afternoon drives?
Is there a culture of popping to the shops in the car?
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| 00:30:10 | Is It News? |
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Michael Shanahan challenges the panel to pick the fake story from three stories from South Australia’s past. But first, we have senior curator, Mick Bolognese, and Molten Studios design team member Ryan Stephens With the doors closing at the Elizabeth Holden Assembly Plant, the National Motor Museum has today launched ‘[Re]assembled: Australia’s automotive manufacturing journey’. It’s a new permanent exhibition to preserve the Holden workers’ legacy and the story of the assembly plant that has sustained thousands of South Australian families. Why do we need this exhibition? Is there any hope Australia will become a major car manufacturer again Do you think Australia would have developed its nostalgic connection to cars, had we NOT made them here How “Aussie” was Holden What are the symbolic pieces you have chosen to tell the story? Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 – 1954), Saturday March 14 1953, page 3 News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 – 1954), Thursday 1 January 1953, page 1 News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 – 1954), Friday 26 January 1951, page 3
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| 00:46:44 | 100 Weeks Ago |
| In 100 Weeks Ago, we revisit our evening spent with publicist, Neil Ward. One of the topics that arose was how people are getting worse and worse at RSVPing when invited to events, even with free tickets to media previews. So we spent a few minutes with Michelle Toft, a project curator from the National Motor Museum who was moonlighting as the PR person for the Bay To Birdwood to find out what media types have been like for her. PS She has an intriging exhibition opening later this year about Australia’s first female garage owner, Alice Anderson. | |
| 00:54:54 | Musical Pilgrimage |
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And our song this week is 5 Days by Southpaw and Joseph Duigan, selected by our musical curator, Todd Fischer. This week’s featured track comes from an Adelaide producer & vocalist named Southpaw and features another local, rapper Joseph Duigan. They released an EP together at the end of July called Questioning Why which combines seductive J-Dilla style beats with Duigan’s wide array of rapping styles. “Fusing influences from an eclectic background ranging from Soul, to Future Bass, Southpaw will take you on a journey past nostalgia to somewhere deep into the future. With a unique blend of airy synth electronics combined with the soul that saturates classic hip-hop, Southpaw pushes dreamy pop music to its experimental edge creating beats you can’t help but sway to.” She also hosts an awesome radio segment called Carousel each Sunday between 8 and 10 pm on Fresh FM which features a wide selection of rare soul, hip-hop and jazz records. You may also know Joseph Duigan from his other project Argus and the Liar, if not then I definitely recommend checking them out. The track I’m going to play this week is called 5 days which shows off Southpaw’s beautiful, dreamy vocals, and Duigan’s smooth rapping sounds similar to US rapper Brother Ali. Make sure you check out the rest of the EP Questioning Why but once again this is 5 Days by Southpaw and Joseph Duigan. |
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| 01:00:42 | Outtake |
| Song Sung Blue (of sorts) | |
Here is this week’s preview video:
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