Monday Breakfast

Monday Breakfast on 3CR

7am - 8.30am

SUMMER SPECIAL: Seasons of Change

produced and presented by Iain McIntyre.

Other than giving Iain an excuse to play the ace Blackfeather/Fraternity track each week, the show includes interviews with a variety of folks discussing Australian activism, music and the counterculture from 1970-75.

January 9th 2012: Part 1  features an interview with journalist Wendy Bacon discussing her time editing the Tharunka student newspaper, hi-jinks such as publishing the poem "Cunt is a Christian Word" and running a festival of censored works, and the anti-censorship court battles these led to. It will also include the first half of an interview with Graeme Dunstan talking about the 1973 Aquarius Festival, which gave birth to Nimbin as a counter-cultural capital.

January 16th 2012: Part 2 The conversation with Graeme Dunstan about the 1973 Aquarius Festival continues.  Whereas previous inter-campus student events had taken place in Melbourne and Canberra, initiators Johnny Allen and Graeme Dunstan decided to hold the 1973 event in Nimbin. In doing so the pair envisaged an event that would reflect radical and countercultural visions of the future rather than react to the conservative, materialist values of the mainstream. This week we pick up the story again with Graeme talking about getting the festival off the ground before moving on to its long term legacy in terms of environmental activism and alternative lifestyles.

January 23th 2012: Part 3 continues this week with an indepth interview with Bani McSpedden about Melbourne's legendary Much More Ballroom (1971-73) plus music from the bands who played there (Spectrum, Daddy Cool, MacKenzie Theory and more).

January 30th 2012: Part 4 Australian counterculture and progressive music from 1970-75 continues this week with a lengthy interview with Rob Tillett of Adelaide band Red Angel Panic. Tune in to hear all about the band's adventures as well as guerrilla theatre, free concerts in Elder park, the Sunflower Club and more!

February 6th 2012: Part 5 Rick Burch GTK during the 1970s
The final "Seasons Of Change" features an interview with Ric Birch who was the original producer of ABC TV's GTK program from 1969-70. GTK brought viewers live performances from Australia's best live bands, interviews with writers, designers, bikies and more as well as film clips accompanying the latest sounds from overseas. In addition to chatting about the show you'll hear live tracks from Company Caine, Chain, Spectrum, Doug Parkinson's In Focus and more great local acts.

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