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Russell Brown
From: Auckland
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 10411
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PA Radio: Bill Direen, words and music
Russell Brown chats to the justifiably legendary Bill Direen about his past and present work.
Bill's more recent recordings are available from Power Tool Records and his literary works rest with Titus Books.
He also has a personal website and a Wikipedia article.
Dan Slevin
From: Newtown
Since: Mar 2007
Posts: 81
Nice to hear Bill sounding so well. I interviewed him once for Radio Active many, many moons ago, and he told me a couple of cool stories.
One was that ih the 70s he was a late night DJ for Radio Windy under the name Bill Diamond and that he was fired for suggesting that Michael Fowler and Patricia Bartlett were going to copulate in public to raise money for The Michael Fowler Centre.
The other story I remember was about The Bilders releasing a 7" single with a sealed plastic sleeve in the shape of a fish so to get the record out you had to gut it with a knife.
Joe Wylie
From: Behind the barn down on my knees
Since: Jan 2007
Posts: 1584
Anyone who can rhyme Mother Teresa of Calcutta with hot knife through butter is OK.
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