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Back In The Day .

Back In The Day .

By Stew Cex

An informal oral history. Everybody has an interesting story.
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Ep3. Shark psychosis, stone age graffiti and tattooed shoes. With Ben. R.

Back In The Day .Aug 31, 2019

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Ep2 Machine guns Tupperware and opium in the Burmese Jungle (with Bruce C.)

Ep2 Machine guns Tupperware and opium in the Burmese Jungle (with Bruce C.)

Regular stories from regular people about how it was "back in the day"
Back in the day might be 50 years ago 5 years, months or hours ago.
My guest is Bruce.C.
Recollecting growing up in the 50s/60s in the most southern part of Sydney called Cronulla.
We talk about him being his big sister's chastity belt, surfing, music, travelling through Southeast Asia in the late 70s early 80s. Plus opium Tupperware and machine guns in the Burmese jungle.
Names have been changed or edited out to protect the innocent......and guilty!
you might wanna reduce the volume to start, the audio is a bit "owsitgoin"
Dec 29, 201901:32:49
Ep9. Media....If ever I could stop thinking about music and politics with Geoff. H.

Ep9. Media....If ever I could stop thinking about music and politics with Geoff. H.

Regular stories from regular people about how it was "back in the day". An informal oral social history.
Back in the day might be 50 years ago, 5 years, months or hours ago.
Geoff is a journalist at a regional independent weekly newspaper and also a musician. After finding myself often engaged in long and detailed conversations with Geoff when we see each other in the shopping centre or in the street I thought I should get him on the podcast we talk about journalism, mass media, music and politics accompanied by his dog named Iggy Pup ........
Dec 17, 201901:36:13
Ep8. and Escaping Saigon at the last possible moment and Vietnamese rock and soul. With Chris. T.
Nov 13, 201958:30
EP7. Surfies doing the stomp on Rockers and vice versa. With Pete. F.

EP7. Surfies doing the stomp on Rockers and vice versa. With Pete. F.

Regular stories from regular people about how it was "back in the day". An informal oral social history. Back in the day might be 50 years ago, 5 years, months or hours ago. This is a short one, just over half an hour. I'm talking to Pete.F. We talk about the Surfie & Rocker gang fights and tribal dynamics of the 1960s, about some of the tribes and some of the places to go and dance the stomp. This is a fairly short one running less than 40 mins.
Nov 13, 201938:38
Ep6. Living on Pinchgut and the great accountants magazine beer swindle . With Mason Hellcat.

Ep6. Living on Pinchgut and the great accountants magazine beer swindle . With Mason Hellcat.

Regular stories from regular people about how it was "back in the day". An informal oral social history. Back in the day might be 50 years ago, 5 years, months or hours ago. My guest is Mason Hellcat We talk about his time living in the middle of Sydney harbour on Fort Denison, we also talk about beer and some of the places around Sydney to drink beer. If you want to go and check out Masons Beerstagram go to https://instagram.com/masonhellcat?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=wpfvtwkh5yhn
Oct 05, 201956:20
 Ep5. Keep the condoms under lock'n'key and heading off to clown school. With Jane.

Ep5. Keep the condoms under lock'n'key and heading off to clown school. With Jane.

Regular stories from regular people about how it was "back in the day"
Back in the day might be 50 years ago, 5 years, months or hours ago.
My guest is Jane
We talk about the life a travelling minstrel, going to clown school, the talent of the youth as well as early employment in a pharmacy and the process of dispensing condoms to customers in 1969.
Jane was a great guest that actually had me talking quite a bit about me. It took me a long time to edit this because I didn't anticipate divulging so much stuff about myself. In the end I had to let it go and get over it because that's why I'm doing this in the first place.
Oct 03, 201901:29:51
Ep4. Milk and 2 sugars please Bon Scott's Mum. With Anne Marie.

Ep4. Milk and 2 sugars please Bon Scott's Mum. With Anne Marie.

Regular stories from regular people about how it was "back in the day"
Back in the day might be 50 years ago, 5 years, months or hours ago.
My guest is Anne Marie
We talk about the culture shock of moving from Adelaide to Sydney in 1972, missing out on seeing Kiss in New Zealand due to snail mail and finding out Bon Scott's Mum was the tea lady. The recording is a bit dodge in parts but those technical issues have been ironed out once and for all.....(hopefully)
Aug 31, 201901:15:16
Ep3. Shark psychosis, stone age graffiti and tattooed shoes. With Ben. R.

Ep3. Shark psychosis, stone age graffiti and tattooed shoes. With Ben. R.

Regular stories from regular people about how it was "back in the day". Back in the day might be 50 years ago 5 years, months or hours ago.
My guest is Ben.R. Chatting about how his journey towards becoming a tattooist.
We talk about when Ben saw Smashing Pumpkins back when Billy Corgan had hair, the threat of sharks in the ocean and examples of his tattooing on display in the national gallery of Victoria.
Aug 31, 201955:11
EP1. Evita, Kuwait and Jordan with John. B.

EP1. Evita, Kuwait and Jordan with John. B.

The first episode of back in the day.  Regular stories from regular people about how it was "back in the day".

 Back in the day might be 50 years ago, 5 years, months or hours ago.

 My first guest is John. B. recollecting  his first trip to the UK in 1978 where he found himself running the theater lighting for the first staging of the famous musical theater production of Evita. 

We then jump forward to the early 1990's to chat about Johns experiences as a cameraman in early post Operation Desert Storm Kuwait and his later trip to The Lost City of Petra in Jordan. recorded @tlcfm on my radio show

Aug 31, 201952:33