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Listen back to James Dann talk to David Shrigley himself! David Shrigley is known for his darkly witty cartoons and his international career has seen him work across a variety of media, including drawing, photography, sculpture, animation, painting, unsettling intervention, spoken-word recordings and pop-music videos. David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind, a British Council exhibition, shows the […]

RDU Live Sessions is a radio series that showcases the talents of the Christchurch music scene across a diverse range of genres and artists. Each episode is made up of two elements. A live session recording, with each artist performing four tracks at Orange Studios right here in the city and a video of the […]

Congrats to all the finalists of the Taite Music Prize 2017! They are all RDU favs, so stoked that there is such a great line up for this years awards. The nominees are: Aaradhna / Brown Girl (Universal Music NZ) Hopetoun Brown / Look So Good (Melita Music) Lawrence Arabia / Absolute Truth (Flying Nun Records) LEISURE / LEISURE (THE LEISURE COLLECTIVE) Lontalius […]

Christchurch Civil Defence Update #4 Wednesday 15 February 2017, 9.40pm OVERNIGHT PLANS FOR FIRE MANAGEMENT Residents in the area from the Sign of the Takahe to Victoria Park should evacuate their homes immediately. Authorities are advising that the fire has crossed Dyers Pass Road into Victoria Park. Police and the Defence Force are evacuating properties […]

Listen back and catch some of the interviews from this weeks show. Up Again with James Dann – every week day from 7:30-9:30am on RDU98.5fm.

You will know her from Friday’s Pik n’ Mix show, but we would like to welcome Emma as the new host of Tuesday Drive! Bringing all the hits and bangers to your Tuesday afternoons, 4-6pm. Lots of interviews, lots of goodies.

Here is James’s list of top books for the year. The BWB Texts are obviously books too, but have been split into a seperate list, as it’s kind of not fair to compare them to some of the bigger books on the list. Note: a number of books would probably make the list – Bloomsbury […]

Here’s James’s list of Best Films for 2016. You can listen back to the podcast here: 20. LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP A fast-paced and witty period drama with a stellar performance by Kate Beckinsale. 19. NERUDA Follows the poet on a caper around Chile and into the wilderness, centring on the the policeman tasked with tracking […]

You can’t have all the good without some bad. Here are James’s top five stinkers for 2016. Listen back to the podcast here. Warning: spoilers for some bad films you shouldn’t see. 5. WARCRAFT Some might argue that movies based on video games don’t have to suck. However, this stinker does not support that hypothesis. […]

Up Again’s James Dann spends far too much time trawling round second hand stores in search of Temuka pottery and other stuff he doesn’t need. After hitting more than 50 in the Greater Christchurch region in 2016, here is his definitive list of the Top Ten op shops in Christchurch. 10. Lyttelton Garage Sale – […]