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Saturday Morning for Saturday 12 January 2013

Summer Selections from Saturday Morning 2012-2013

  • Susan Orlean: Rin Tin Tin

    8:10 AM.American author of the 2000 best-seller, The Orchid Thief; her new book is Rin Tin Tin: the Life and Legend of the World's Most Famous Dog. Audio

  • Michel Tuffery

    11:05 AM.Pacific projections New Zealand-based artist of Samoan, Rarotongan and Tahitian heritage, whose giant digital artwork, First Contact will be projected on to Te Papa during the New Zealand… Read more Audio

  • Playing Favourites with Daniel Beban

    10:10 AM.Musician, sound artist, instrument maker and sound engineer, who founded the Frederick Street Sound and Light Exploration Society, and plays in a number of groups. Audio

  • Mitchell Pham: Vietnam and technology

    9:07 AM.Business and social entrepreneur who co-founded technology group Augen, with companies in New Zealand and Vietnam, and contributes to many other organisations. Audio

8:10 Susan Orlean

Staff writer for The New Yorker, and author of The Orchid Thief, and Rin Tin Tin: the Life and Legend of the World's Most Famous Dog.
From the programme of 25 February 2012

9:05 Michel Tuffery

New Zealand-based artist of Samoan, Rarotongan and Tahitian heritage, whose giant digital artwork, First Contact was projected on to Te Papa during the New Zealand International Arts Festival 2012.
From the programme of 28 January 2012

10:05 Dan Beban

Musician, sound artist, instrument maker and sound engineer, who founded the Frederick Street Sound and Light Exploration Society, and plays in a number of groups including Orchestra of Spheres
From the programme of 25 February 2012

11:05 Mitchell Pham

Business and social entrepreneur who co-founded technology group Augen, with companies in New Zealand and Vietnam. He contributes to many other organisations.
From the programme of 14 April 2012

Music played during the programme

Penguin Café Orchestra: Dirt
From the 1988 live album: When In Rome
(EG)

Richard Hawley: Standing at the Sky’s Edge
From the 2012 album: Standing at the Sky’s Edge
(Parlophone)

Sun Ra Arkestra: Strange Celestial Road
From the 1979 album: Strange Celestial Road
(Rounder Records)

Alexander Tucker: Hag Stones
From the 2003 album: Old Fog
(ATP Recordings)

Troupe Majidi: Essiniya (Nass El Ghiwane)
From the 2005 album: Ecstatic Music of the Jemaa El Fna
(Sublime Frequencies)

Orchestra of Spheres: Bogan in the Forest
From the 2011 EP: Numbers
(Soundexplorers)

Ebo Taylor: Heaven
From the 2011 compilation album: Life Stories, Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980
(Strut)