

Ěrchitecture of Newcastle Part 8: Civic Fountain, August 2021.

Ěrchitecture of Newcastle Part 7: Art Gallery, July 2021.Ěrchitecture of Newcastle Part 6: NESCA House, July 2021.Ěrchitecture of Newcastle Part 5: Town Hall, July 2021.Ěrchitecture of Newcastle Part 4: Churches of Menkens, June 2021.Ěrchitecture of Newcastle Part 3: War Memorial Cultural Centre.Ěrchitecture of Newcastle Part 2: Roundhouse, June 2021.Ěrchitecture of Newcastle Part 1: Civic Park Precinct, June 2021.Lycett & Wallis: Unlikely Preservers of Aboriginal Knowledge, May 2021.The Islanders: Chats with Vera Deacon, May 2021.Scott Sisters of Ash Island, July 2020.ěHP Newcastle: A City Within a City, November 2019.Our history needs to be preserved and it needs to be told by the people who lived it while they're still around to tell it.” Biraban and Threlkeld: the Third Space was nominated for the 2022 National Trust (NSW) Heritage awards in the "Education and Interpretation" category.
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Of the series Chit Chat, who is Newcastle born and bred, has said “Newcastle is changing at a dramatic rate, unparalleled in its history and only by knowing where we’ve come from can we fully appreciate how far we’ve come. The site was launched with the first film covering the infamous Star Hotel Riot. The films are being produced by von Loopin Stab and Tony Whittaker of Carnivore Films. A documentary series he's researching and directing about the history of Newcastle, NSW. In Sept of 2019 Chit Chat launched Stories of Our Town. The pair originally rejected this job but later agreed after seeing David Wenham's courtroom scene.Ĭhit Chat scored the 2010 documentary You Only Live Twice: The Incredible True Story Of The Hughes Family, which won the AFI Award for Best Documentary Under One Hour. For this they won the IF Award for Best Music and received an AFI Award nomination for Best Original Score. In 2003, Chit Chat and 3k Short wrote the original score for the Jonathon Teplitzky film Gettin' Square. In 2000 Chit Chat composed the score for Academy Award winner Lizzy Gardiner's documentary on director Stephan Elliott, Killing Priscilla.

At its core is story telling, stories gathered from years of personal research, much of which Chit Chat claims he cataloged from “a thousand drunken backstage conversation”. It ranges from absurd demands made by artist to untold stories of the creation of songs. As the name suggest, the show focuses on strange and odd stories of life inside the music industry. The Abstract History of Music (podcast) Ĭhit Chat is the writer and host of the podcast series. He has hosted the Australian Music Prize twice and The Rolling Stone Awards, as well as appearing as a presenter at the APRA and ASTRA awards. In late Sept 2012 Chit Chat appeared on SBS's RocKwiz under his birth name of Glenn. The series started airing in April 2012 and is in constant repeat. Over 18 months Chit Chat interviewed 210 artists on 3 continents. Great Music Cities of the World is an 8-part documentary series researched and developed by Chit Chat from a title by Dorothy Markek. The show has twice been honoured with an ASTRA Award.Ĭhit Chat was the narrator and conducted all of the interviews for this MAX Masters, an ASTRA Award-winning monthly music documentary that focuses on an individual artist.Ĭhit Chat also served as host for the benefit shows WaveAid and Sound Relief, both of which won ASTRA Awards and had viewing audiences of over 1.5m people. Īfter the death of Crowded House drummer Paul Hester in 2005, Chit Chat took over hosting duties of The MAX Sessions.

He has been involved with the following programs: The Know, The MAX Sessions, MAX Masters (also wrote the theme), MAX Recommends (also wrote the theme), Take Five and various specials, including Sound Relief, the APRA Awards and twice hosting the St Kilda Festival and AMP Awards.īefore the show ended in 2009, Chit Chat was, at five years, the longest serving presenter on The Know. During his twelve years with the channel, he has interviewed over 800 acts, including Oasis, The Who, Foo Fighters, Slash, Mumford and Sons, Coldplay, Alicia Keys, Pink, Blondie, Stevie Nicks, Lionel Richie, Kylie Minogue, Noel Gallagher, Marilyn Manson and Lenny Kravitz.
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