Saturday Morning for Saturday 22 November 2008
Guest details for Saturday Morning 22 November 2008
8:12 Raj Nahna
Raj Nahna quit his job in a Wellington legal firm, went to the United States, and volunteered as a policy analyst for the Democratic presidential campaign in Missouri.
8:30 Barbara Anderson
Barbara Anderson had her first book (I Think We Should Go Into the Jungle) published in 1989, when she was aged 63. Since then she has enjoyed international success as a novelist and short story writer, and recently completed Getting There: an Autobiography (Victoria University Press, ISBN: 978-0-86473-590-4).
9:05 Sir Roger Moore
Sir Roger Moore rose to international stardom in the 1960s in the TV series The Saint, and portrayed James Bond in seven films, more than any other 007. In 2003 he was awarded a knighthood for his work for UNICEF. His autobiography is My Word is My Bond (HarperCollins, ISBN: 978-0-7322-8871-6).
9:45 Art with Mary Kisler
Mary Kisler is the Mackelvie Curator of International Art at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. She gave the Gordon H. Brown Lecture 2008, Displaced Legacies: European Art in New Zealand's Public Collections (based on the book she is currently writing), at Victoria University of Wellington on 20 November. Mary also curated The Enchanted Garden, which opens at Auckland Art Gallery on 13 December (to 8 February 2009).
10.05 Caitlin Smith
Jazz singer and vocal coach Caitlin Smith is one of the featured vocalists who will perform in front of a 20-piece orchestra in The Music is Bond: James Bond. This showcase of music from 45 years of James Bond films takes place at Auckland's Aotea Centre on 22 November.
10:40 The Old Spice Boys
Azo Bell (ukulele), Tim Reeves (snare drum) and Billy Milroy (tea-chest bass) are comic swing trio The Old Spice Boys. Based in Byron Bay on the north coast of New South Wales, they are currently touring New Zealand and play at the second NZ Ukulele Festival at Mt Smart Stadium on 22 November, alongside a range of local and overseas acts including a massed ukulele band of over 1000 children. The Old Spice Boys will play a daytime show at The Bunker for the Devonport Folk Club on Sunday 23 November, and an evening show at One 2 One Café in Ponsonby. On Monday 24 November they will play an evening gig at The Bunker.
11:10 Food with Jennifer McLagan
Chef, food stylist and writer Jennifer McLagan has worked in London and Paris as well as her native Australia, and has lived in Toronto for 27 years. Her new book, Fat: an Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes (Ten Speed Press, ISBN: 978-1-58008-935-7), explores the delights and benefits of eating fat.
11:45 Children's Books with Kate De Goldi
Kate De Goldi will discuss three new books and a collection:
There Was An Old Woman, by Gavin Bishop (Gecko, ISBN: 978 1 877467 16 5)
Creatures Aotearoa, by Dylan Owen (Gecko, ISBN: 978 1 877467 07 3)
My Favourite Place, by Martin Bailey (Mallinson Rendel, ISBN: 978 1 877423 20 8)
The Big Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook, by J.L. Brisley, illustrated by Clara Vulliamy (Kingfisher, ISBN: 9 780753 415900)
Music played during the programme
Antony and the Johnsons: Shake That Devil
From the 2008 EP: Another World
(Secretly Canadian)
Played at around 8.30am
Charlie Parr: 1922
From the 2008 re-release of his 2002 album: 1922
(Level Two Music/Shock)
Played at around 8:55am
Theme from the TV series The Saint
Played at around 9:05am
Paul McCartney and Wings: Live and Let Die
From the soundtrack to the 1973 film: Live and Let Die
(Capitol Records)
Played at around 9:45am
Sheena Easton: For Your Eyes Only
From the soundtrack to the 1981 film: For Your Eyes Only
(Capitol Records)
Played at around 10:20am
John Barry and his Orchestra: Flight Into Space
From the soundtrack to the 1979 film: Moonraker
(Capitol Records)
Played at around 10:30am
Carly Simon: Nobody Does it Better
From the soundtrack to the 1977 film: The Spy Who Loved Me
(Capitol Records)
Played at around 10:40am
The Old Spice Boys: Munster Hund
Live in the Radio New Zealand Auckland studio
Played at around 10:40am
The Old Spice Boys: Who Gave You the License to Drive Me Crazy?
Live in the Radio New Zealand Auckland studio
Played at around 10:55am
The Old Spice Boys: Jumping At the Woodside
Live in the Radio New Zealand Auckland studio
Played at around 10:59am
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: Fix It
From the 2008 album: Cardinology
(Lost Highway)
Played at around 11:05am
The Caitlin Smith Group: Aurere
From the 2004 self-released album: Aurere
(www.caitlinsmith.com, also available at CD Baby)
Played at around 11:40am
Studio operators
Wellington engineer: Tony Schwartz
Auckland engineer: Jeremy Ansell
Christchurch engineer: John Kelcher