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Canadian couple John Riddell and Susan Weiss talk to Latin Radical about their experience on the Australian Venezuela solidarity brigade. Not only were they witnesses to the recent plebiscite, but they were able to observe the workings of the "Community Councils" which the Chavez government is trying to empower. People are encouraged to work together at a community level and given the means to circumvent entrenched bureaucracies.

Note: Sound quality is poor. This was a phone interview on a noisy international connection. Nevertheless, it is worth hearing what John and Susan have to say.

Once again we all wax lyrical about just about anything that our communally trashed minds can think about. But as a diversion this week, we have Hugh, director of the still-being-made Lonely Planet film, which will trace the adventures of Steve, the Lone Motor Cyclist, as he rides from Bulla in Victoria to Cooktown in Queensland along the Great Dividing Range. Hugh would like to have Steve on the Hemp Show and was checking out  what was required. (Nakedness & Truth, obviously). He was also searching for the mythical "Hippy Commune" where Steve could stay and work off his board. Mull up and Jump Aboard.

Hello, hello again. This week Jack & I kick off with some thoughts for the 2 Graf Artists, 'Flaps' & 'Banish', who died while painting in an underground stormwater drain. We applaud the Victorian Govt. for its Indigenous compo. package. We chuckle at the "Notional" Party's new leader, their great white "Hope against Hope". We empathise with Lungfish, Toothfish and Whales. An attempt to resolve "Creative Differences" vs "Personality Conflict" but slip into the revelation of the Illusion of Wealth. We disect Gaza, The US Primaries but Bob's failing memory fails to split the atom. Finally we dissappear in a swarm of Sandflies.

At last, the PlaySpace all in one file! This week we brew a coffee & discuss fungus, beards, and girls who like both. We extoll the glories of storytellers, feel sorry for poor Brittney, lust after Phil Koperburg's new Chinese made teflon suit and unfortunately name Mrs. Worthington's useless offspring. We note our national love of Conga lines, bid farewell to Soeharto in advance and Sir Ed posthumously, while sparing a thought for how no-one suffers like a Pole, particularly at altitude. All this plus a quick lesson in Hindi to help you, dear listener, to understand the sledging in the next test with India.
Plus more... lots more! Climb aboard and lets go.

Ok, I know it's taken a while to get part 1 up here... consider it a mystery of the universe... BUT, it will not happen again. I promise you this is the last of our bifurcated pods...  from now on I will blend the 2 into 1 which I believe will make all our lives just that much easier. As to the content of this show... it's still very wet, Jack & I have toadstools growing out of our ears and other places, but we're happy... happy as a couple of pigs in shit. Come and join us.

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Fred Fuentes reports from ground base in Caracas, Venezuela. Are there really food shortages? What are these "Community Councils"? Are they really an instrument to centralise power to the President? Why has President Hugo Chavez and his government so calmly accepted the narrow rejection of the 66 point plebiscite to change the Venezuelan constitution? Fred has been in Venezuela for over a year and has his finger on the pulse of Bolivarian activism. He rounds up this interview with an insightful assessment of how President Hugo Chavez international status has been enhanced by his success in persuading the Columbian FARC guerillas to release hostages, in spite of efforts by the US and the Columbian President to sabotage a successful outcome.

8mins 1.8MB

*Interview with CTC (Community Technology Centre) head honcho, Roy Radle*

7m30s 1.7MB

 

*CTC NOT closing down*............................*Nimbin man sentenced for hash cookies*

58 mins, 13.2MB

Aboriginal activist, elder, & artist, Vincent Forrester, talks about effects of the Fed Gov't intervention in Northern Territory's aboriginal communities.

Vincent comes from Mutijulu Community in NT, & was visiting Nimbin & came in to NimFM to talk with Lynne Oldfield.

In this hour we muse about a famous his-storyan's take on our past, and suggest interesting places for Keith to Shuttle his Wind. We discuss the magic number... 100/day!  We talk about E-waste and  mini cars... we paddle across the Tasman with Justin & James... go fellas! And we revisit our favorite mud volcano in Suribaya.

Bob, freshly back from Wetford Folk Festival, arrives late & bedraggled, talking of strange little Mushroom Men. He relates tales from Wetford,  heaping praise on many including James Morrison &  Babylon Circus. The boys discuss the funeral of local icon, Chicken George, and the poor behaviour of the local Sergeant. Jack instructs us in the Language of Tourism.  They muse about fireworks and the smell of gunpowder.  Entire track from Muyngarnbi included.

Second hour and Bob's still going on about the wet.  He also waxes lyrical on the price of oil and both the lads have a bit to say about the US Primaries.  They take a big deep breath of Chinese air and live to tell the tale. Pakistan and Kenya get sent to the corner to have a long hard think about themselves and David Hicks' bail conditions are dragged out at arms length and fumigated.

6m 56s,    1.6MB

*Rock, Nimbin's cannabis crusader goes to court again* .....................*Your newsreader gets rego for his car again*

4m50s  1.1MB

*Big fight & broken glass in Nimbin*.....................*Our CTC is closing down*..............................*More drug buses on the way*

4mins 25 secs,  1MB  (Welcome to the new year. I hope all our podcastees had an enjoyable Xmas.)

In Nimbin, *Street theatre of the unintentional kind. *.................*Floods*

Ho, Ho, Ho... Oops, apparently I'm not allowed to say that. Politically incorrect or something... whatever. Well, here we are on the last Hemp Hour before Christmas and we've all brought in a little something special to share with our friends. I think it becomes a little obvious that the quality is a bit above average by the level of incompetance shown by all involved. It didn't help that Hudson came in (I think... by which I mean I think he came in, not that I'm confused about ...)
Anyway, we all did our best (except Michael who was a tad of the pace all day)
Bob (The President)

And yes, despite the best predictions of doctors and scientists we are still alive and functioning (?) well into the 2nd hour of the show. We accept a challenge (invitation) from Hudson to come over to the coast and commandeer his radio show on Bay FM (our hot sister station - you should see her in a bikini) on Tues. 15th Jan. Apparently Bay FM (just like us at times) streams live so tune in and have a chuckle.
Bob (The President)

Well boys and girls, here we are only a few sleeps short of good ol' Xmas Day. Jack and I discuss the banality that is the West's idea of a religious festival. We poke deep in the communal psyche and discover nasty green stuff on our fingers. Wanna taste?

Continuing on from where we were so rudely interrupted by the untimely end of the previous pod... I should mention that in honour of the rapidly approaching "Annual Day of Excess", Jack & I are wearing our matching "Kill a Santa for Christ" T-shirts. I'll be away next week so Jack will be flying solo... back in the New Year and let's hope it's a fuckin' beauty!
Bob

Continuing on with more of the same... this is the 2nd part of the 14th's show. Some would say better than the 1st half, possibly because we had had {don't you love it when you can use had twice?) a couple of sessions out on the verandah, keeping the "levels" up. But seriously, I'm sure we say a couple of interesting things... somewhere...

Another dose of the "Good Stuff". The Goddess, The Mayor and The President continue to discuss (their word, not mine) Cannabis Law Reform, Medicinal Marijuana, Hemp Products including edible seed products and all manner of earth shattering stuff. Gasp as they attempt to negotiate a completely trashed radio show through the intricate maze of a Frequency Modulated Highway (102.3)
Enjoy