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When most people think of novelty music, they think of “Weird Al” Yankovic; I’m mainly lookin’ at you, fellow elder-Gen Z types. I, too, was a member of the cohort of middle schoolers that learned the lyrics to “White and Nerdy” before Chamillionare’s “Ridin’.” But where most kids were satisfied with listening to Mr. Yankovic’s greatest hits, I required more of myself. What followed after first discovering Weird Al was a deep dive into the world of comedy music. Intoxicated by her thorough knowledge of the comedy stylings of the likes of Victor Borge and Tom Lehrer, thirteen-year-old me carried herself with all the elitism of an r/LetsTalkMusic moderator (and none of the street cred). A few years later, I came across the Sub Pop-signed comedy duo Flight of the Conchords and their eponymous 2008 album;
Women Like Us back to Lismore where it all started!
Women Like Us is the comedy sensation created by stand ups, Mandy Nolan and Ellen Briggs. Realising they were an anomaly in their industry – kick arse comics, but middle aged women – they realised that it didn’t matter how good they were, they were always going to be behind the 8 ball in an industry that favours under 30’s and is dominated by blokes. After years of performing for women’s luncheons and fundraisers to audiences that fangirled them like crazy, they both decided that there was an audience out there for them – they just had to go out and find them. And so began
by Jessica Wang In 2016, Kyran Wheatley was in his dream job. He had spent seven years as a presenter at Triple J, working his way from the 1am graveyard shift to hosting the coveted Triple J breakfast program. Then, he was dealt a career curveball that turned his world upside down . I loved my job. It was the dream job, everyone told me so but then at the end of 2016 there were huge changes at the station and I packed up my desk, grabbed a mug in the kitchen, walked up the door and was left with nothing, he said, speaking on the SEEK Alt Route podcast.
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