Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
Station of the Year
NZ Radio Awards 2009
19 March, 2010
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8:06 pm Musical Chairs featuring Dick Frizzell
Over the years Dick Frizzell has been instrumental in broadening the Kiwi appreciation of art, with his unique take on realism, cubism and commercialism, challenging our perception of everyday things and what constitutes culture.
From the mid-60s, fresh out of art school Frizzell was involved in the design and creation of dozens concert posters and album covers while he explored ways to define his role in the art world.
Reporter Keith Newman spoke to the artist, now living in Haumoana, Hawke’s Bay, ranging across topics including art, culture, consumerism, and the rock ‘n roll music that’s provided the sound track for his life.
Back in the day Frizzell shunned art for arts sake and was swept up in a heady mix of animation, advertising and pop art design. He designed posters for Radio Hauraki concerts and the Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival, created covers for local bands Human Instinct Ticket and Dragon and was called in to tone down David Bowie’s Hunky Dory cover for record executives who thought he was too outrageous and the singer a one hit wonder.
Frizzell messed with the hei tiki, delivering cubist and art deco versions and gave Charlie the Four Square Man several decades of makeovers, most recently on the cover of The Great New Zealand Songbook, with a guitar slung over his shoulder.
Produced by Keith Newman for Radio New Zealand National
8:35 pm Authentic Organs
Chris Whitta interviews organ builder Robin Jennings about the craft of re-creating traditional musical instruments.
11:06 pm The Record Producers – Tony Visconti
With a performance background in symphony music, jazz and rock, Tony Visconti is one of the most rounded music producers and arrangers in popular music. He has had a long standing working relationship with David Bowie going back to 1968 and this programme also looks at his work with Thin Lizzy, Wings, Sparks and Morrissey. He also demonstrates multi track harmony vocal construction and midi keyboards that play strings without the need for a live orchestra.
Next week:Bob Clearmountain