Interview with Cassidy Haley

We interviewed US singer/songwriter Cassidy Haley on 16 February 2011 on the phone from his home in Los Angeles. Having met and interviewed Cassidy when he visited Melbourne in November 2010, we were delighted to catch up with him again.

Part 1
In which Cassidy discusses the video for his new video, 'This Time'.


Part 2
In which Cassidy discusses availability of the video for 'This Time' and his plans to perhaps visit Australia again.

Finally, what you've all been waiting for

Here is our interview with Matthew Mitcham, as it went to air on December 30, 2010.

Part 1
In which Matt talks about his success at the 2010-11 National Diving Championships in Melbourne, and the strength of Australian diving in general (Australia is ranked no.2 in the world after China).


Part 2
In which Matt talks about what makes a good diver, how he got into diving even though he was "an unsporting kid", being an "A-list gay" in Australia, and his admiration for US Olympic ice-skater Johnny Weir.


Part 3
In which Matt talks about his ambitions for his own TV show for kids, his medals, his appearance on Pam Ann's TV show, and his love of music (he's learning to play the ukulele!).


Part 4
In which the interview descends into hilarity. Did you know Matt comes from a very hairy family? (NB: There is a reference to Norrie - click for info.)


Part 5
In which Matt talks about his social media presence, his "coming out" experience, and his university exam results in French and Spanish.


Part 6
In which Matt talks further about his French and Spanish studies, about his appreciation for JOY94.9, and about warts. Yes - warts.


Track listing
Matt chose these songs:
Why Don't You - Gramophonedzie
Hanky Panky - Madonna
Take Your Mama - Scissor Sisters
Ride On Time - Black Box
Cooler Couleur - Crookers feat. Yelle

And we also played:
Fever - Adam Lambert
Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Celebrity Theme Party with Matthew Mitcham - 30 December

We're very excited for tonight's show, which features Olympic-gold-medal-winning Australian diver Matthew Mitcham. We sat down for a chat with Matthew a couple of weeks ago, and he was eloquent on the topics of his sport, coming out, social media, his university studies, and much more. He also went off on some hilarious tangents! Tune in at 9pm for a full hour of Matthew, including some of his favourite party tracks.

Celebrity Theme Party with Cassidy Haley - 25 November

We'll be posting a full track listing and links to Cassidy's videos soon. If you missed the show tonight or want to listen again, you can download it in full here thanks to two beautiful listeners in Tokyo, @mmyy9 and @glambee666.

November song lists

Here are the songs we played in our first three November shows. Comments are open - don't be shy!

HORSES songs - 4 November
Guns and Horses - Ellie Goulding
Ride a White Horse - Goldfrapp
A Horse with No Name - America
Crazy Horses - The Osmonds [Totally freaky. Check out the video!]
A Horse Is Not a Home - Miike Snow
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
All the King's Horses (and All the King's Men) - Honey Cone
White Horses - The Whitlams
The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite

From Daniel's blog: “On the cocktail menu, we had four cocktails: the Four Horsemen (equal parts gold tequila, Jägermeister, Rumple Minze and Bacardi 151), the Headless Horseman (vodka and ginger ale with bitters and a slice of orange), the Trojan Horse (a pint glass with equal parts Coke and Guinness), and, just to completely break everyone, the Horse Jizz (equal parts beer and milk). As one of our Twitter followers, SammiLou, commented DON’T EVER GOOGLE IT WITH SAFE SEARCH OFF. Words to live by, I think. Incidentally, that last link is to SammiLou’s tweet, not to a Google search on Horse Jizz. It’s totally safe.”

WAR songs - 11 November
Love Is a War - Rogue Traders
Heartbreak Warfare - John Mayer
No More War - Bronski Beat
The Start of War - Clare Bowditch & The New Slang
The War Song - Culture Club
The War Is Not Over - Walters & Kazha
Cold War - Janelle Monae
Some Unholy War - Amy Winehouse
When the War Is Over - Cosima DeVito
War - Edwin Starr

From Daniel's blog:
Costumes: “Katie came all bundled up in a (faux)fur hat and blankets and such; she was a Cold War. Nat came as someone who was sick at home and was Silent War (I may have made that up, but she was at home ill). I came as a copy of The Truth, i.e. The First Casualty of War.”
Cocktails: “... the kinda disgusting Celtic War Party, the kinda lethal Suburban War Hammer, and the kinda awesome Unknown Warrior.”

LOVERS songs - 18 November
All the Lovers - Kylie Minogue
Lovers in the Backseat - Scissor Sisters
The Book Lovers - Broadcast
Calling All Lovers - Rogue Traders
Such Unlikely Lovers - Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach
True Lovers - Dannii Minogue
Young Lovers - Paul Kelly
Lovers (Live a Little Longer) - ABBA
Hello Young Lovers - Julie Andrews

Costumes: Daniel came as one of the extras in Kylie's “All the Lovers” video (i.e. in a pair of white undies), Katie carried many books and was a Book Lover, and Nat wore a toga-type-situation-experience - she was the Greek god of love, Eros.
Conversation Pit: The topic was, “What makes a good lover?” Between us and our listeners, the consensus seemed to be “a sense of humour”, though Daniel insisted that a cock helps.

Cassidy Haley in Melbourne

Gorgeous and talented LA queer artist Cassidy Haley will be in our fair city this weekend for an intimate gig at Kaye Sera's BiZARRE. Prior to the gig (which we're going to, of course!), we'll be pre-recording an interview with Cassidy about his music and videos. The interview will go to air on our next Celebrity Theme Party, Thursday 25 November.

September and October song lists

Here are the songs we played on our September and October shows. Comments are open - please tell us what you think!

CRACKS songs - 2 September
(Crack It) Something Going On - Bomfunk MCs
Crack the Shutters - Snow Patrol
The Visitors (Cracking Up) - ABBA
You Crack Me Up - Huey Lewis and The News
The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away!) - Doris Day
Pavement Cracks - Annie Lennox
Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond
Walking on the Cracks - The Backsliders
MTV Makes Me Wanna Smoke Crack - Beck

Costumes: Katie painted cracks all over herself, Nat showed off her plumber's crack, and Daniel came as a particularly tragic crack whore.
Cocktails: 'Pitbull on Crack', 'Back, Crack and Sack' and the delicious 'Sand in Your Crack'.

CLOWNS songs - 9 September
The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson
Cathy's Clown - You Am I
Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers
Cabaret Clown - Marc Almond
Ha Ha Said the Clown - The Yardbirds
Clown Song - P-Control
Laughin' and Clownin' - Sam Cooke
Send in the Clowns - Judi Dench
Rodeo Clowns - Jack Johnson
Clowns - Goldfrapp

STONE songs - 16 September
Rolling Stone - Robbie Williams
Papa Was a Rolling Stone - Was (Not Was)
Stepping Stone - Duffy
The World Is Stone - Cyndi Lauper
Stone Cold - Jimmy Barnes
Heart of Stone - Bucks Fizz
Heart of Stone - Cher
Apricot Stone - Eva Rivas
The Stone Age - Hair 2009 Broadway Revival Cast
Blood from a Stone - Shooter Jennings
We Do (The Stonecutters' Song) - The Simpsons
To Turn the Stone - Frida

BLOW songs - 23 September
Blown It Again - Daniel Bedingfield
Blown Away - Bachelor Girl
Blow Your Mind - Nick Carter
Blow Up the Pokies - Tim Freedman
Blowin' in the Wind - Jay Brannan
Blow Me Away - Vanessa Amorosi
The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice
When the Wind Blows - David Bowie
Any Way the Wind Blows - Doris Day

Celebrity Theme Party - 30 September
Writer and broadcaster Clem Bastow was our special guest for this show, and she brought along some of her favourite party tracks. If you're not already following her on Twitter (@clembastow), we highly recommend that you do! Here's our playlist, with the name of the person who chose each track in parentheses.

Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love) - Kylie Minogue (Daniel)
Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) - Lady Gaga (Katie)
Cyprestition - Lenlow (Clem)
Do Something - Britney Spears (Clem)
Fuck You - Cee Lo Green (Daniel)
Holy Grail - Hunters & Collectors (Katie)
Breakaway - Big Pig (Clem)
Voodoo - Adam Lambert (Katie)

SPRING songs - 7 October
Come On Spring - Antenna
The First Day of Spring - The Ghandarvas
Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most - Rickie Lee Jones
Sprung - Nedra Johnson
You Must Believe in Spring - Ann Hampton Callaway & Liz Callaway
Springtime's Here Again - Scared Weird Little Guys
I Am the Spring - Morcheeba
Life Looks Better in Spring - Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders
I Dream of Spring - k.d. lang

FLOWERS songs - 14 October
Flowers on the Wall - Eric Heatherly
Life Is a Flower - Ace of Base
100 Flowers in Bloom - David Bridie
You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
Flowers - UnClubbed feat. Sweet Female Attitude
Flowers in the Rain - Kaiser Chiefs
Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave) - Roxette
Flowers - The Bluehouse

ALONE songs - 21 October
Leave Me Alone - Pink
I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
Leave Me Alone - The Veronicas
You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry & The Pacemakers
Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
When I Get You Alone - Thicke
Alone - Kristin Chenoweth & Matthew Morrison
Never Alone - Sara Bareilles
Never Leave Your Heart Alone - Butterfly Boucher
Wake Up Alone - Amy Winehouse

Celebrity Theme Party - 28 October
Drug/alcohol centre worker and erstwhile tarot-card reader Amanda Kelly was our special guest for this show, and as is our format with a Celebrity Theme Party, she brought along some of her favourite party tracks. Here's our playlist, with the name of the person who chose each track in parentheses.

Whataya Want from Me (Brad Walsh Remix) - Adam Lambert (Amanda)
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton (Daniel)
Running Away - Spacifix (Katie)
The Song that Never Was (Voide Remix) - Imogen Heap (Amanda)
Je Ne Sais Quoi - Hera Björk (Daniel)
Overboard - Rezzalp (Katie)
Get Outta My Way - Kylie Minogue (Daniel)
Whiskey in Churches - Cassidy Haley (Amanda)
Strut - Adam Lambert (Katie)