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Episode 37 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie travels from Melbourne International Film Festival screenings to the changing state of music journalism, with a detour through elite sport, television drama and the strange joy of old-fashioned telephones.

Show Notes

CONGO BOY Trailer

TOMORROW I'LL BE BRAVE trailer 

Joy Bubbles KSTP 

Dead Man's Wire Trailer #1 (2026) 

Official promo video for Dave Marsh's new anthology KICK OUT THE JAMS...35 YEARS OF MUSIC WRITING 

Rolling Stone Tribute to Dave Marsh 

THE BEATLES: The SECRET, Folk-Rock 'RUBBER SOUL' Studio SESSIONS You NEED To HEAR! (Rare Outtakes)

Mojo Mag article on Rubber Soul Redux 

Rubber Soul - khttps://youtu.be/RfBEqiEhCgM?list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb

Judy Collins In My Life 

The Beatles - Michelle (Take 1 / Visualiser) 

Josh Rouse - "January Sky" [Official Audio]

Episode 36 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie moves from the car parks of a Grateful Dead revival to the piano stool of one of rock’s great behind-the-scenes players, with Don Walker’s new album providing the local centre of gravity.

Show Notes

Summer Tour At Miff 

The Session Man | Nicky Hopkins: The Unsung Hero Behind Rock's Greatest Hits | Full Documentary 

Sympathy for the Devil (Isolated Piano) 

Link Wray: The Rock Prophet on SBS

Don Walker Darwin 

Shakespeare Always (2026) - Official Video - Icecream Hands

Episode 35 of On The Record begins where last week’s conversation left off: with Glen Hansard. 

Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie watch the Irish singer-songwriter’s funeral, a ceremony that made plain the depth of affection held for the Frames frontman, Once star and inveterate musical collaborator.

Mackenzie was especially struck by the accounts of Hansard’s generosity, the presence of his battered, road-worn guitars in the church band, and the closing performance of Bob Dylan’s “Forever Young”. 

From there, the mood shifts to the Espy, where Mackenzie joined the winning team at the latest live Rock Quiz.

Show Notes

Funeral of Glen Hansard in Dublin | RTÉ News 

Sunnyboys My Only Friend (2014 Remaster) 

Ted Lasso Season 4 - Official Trailer (2026) 

George Costanza's Greatest hits 

PouredOver: Patrick Radden Keefe on London Falling 

Gary Stewart: I Am From The Honky-Tonks 

Gary Stewart She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)

Episode 34 of On The Record opens in sombre territory, with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie remembering Glen Hansard, the Irish singer-songwriter, Frames frontman and Once star who died aged 56 following a motorcycle accident outside Dublin.

Hansard’s career stretched back to the formation of The Frames in 1990, before his work with Markéta Irglová as The Swell Season, and a substantial solo catalogue. But it is the memory of his live shows that looms largest here. 

Wise recalls a performer who gave audiences everything, including the habit of leading crowds from the venue and into the street for impromptu singalongs. Hansard’s concerts, he says, had the uncommon ability to turn a room full of strangers into a temporary community.

Show Links

Glen Hansard meets Van Morrison in Glen’s words 

Flamin' Groovies Shake Some Action 

Mick Jagger Can’t Name One Good Thing About Getting Older | The Interview 

Sir Tom Jones & Peter Donegan's 'I'll Never Fall In Love Again' |Blind Auditions| The Voice UK 2019

Fiona Apple – "Horns of a Bull" from the Apple TV show 'Lucky' 

The Rapture Trailer 

Believe Me Trailer

The episode opens with the passing of saxophonist Plas Johnson, 94, a player whose name might not mean much outside musician circles but whose sound is embedded in popular culture. 

Johnson’s cool, slinking work on Henry Mancini’s Pink Panther theme is his best-known contribution, but the wider CV is properly formidable: Frank Sinatra, B.B. King, Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, The Beach Boys, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville all appear on the roll call.

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Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme (Official Audio) 

Plas Johnson - I Hadn't Anyone Till You 

Plas Johnson obit in Rolling Stone 

Dr John Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya 

Tom Waits - "Heartattack And Vine" 

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival website

Silo — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV 

Evolver 62 | Official Trailer | The Beatles’ Breakthrough Year That Changed Music Forever | Out Now! 

EVOLVER:62 Beatles and cakes in the village hall 

The Odyssey - Official 'Completely in IMAX' Behind the Scenes Clip (2026)

Othello, The Black Commando 1982 full movie Max H. Boulois Tony Curtis 

Aaron Lee Tasjan - The Real (Official Music Video)