Bron Burton
Presents Radio Marinara
How did you first connect with Triple R?
When I was at a conservative all-girls school in the 1980s, the 'weird' and 'different' girls listened to RRR while the rest were listening to Rick Astley and Whitney Houston. I was attracted to the dark side. In 1987 a friend bought me my first RRR subscription for my 18th birthday. It changed my life forever.
What/when was your first show?
Radio Marinara, I started in 1999.
What's your favourite Triple R story?
We had a marine artist guest lined up for interview, she'd done this fantastic series of montages of underwater scenes that were on display at the Royal Botanical Gardens. I called her up in Sydney while a track was playing, and in the 20 seconds before the track finished and we went to air, she decided to wander off and go to the toilet. We came back from the track, I did my introductory spiel, threw her the first question and there was silence punctuated with the odd beep. Tall Man (from Radiotherapy) was an emergency panelist for us that day, and in the confusion of trying to work out where she'd gone, he managed to cut off the phone line and turn off all our mics. There were no songs or station announcements cued up. In a final gesture of control loss, he sat back looking blank with his hands in the air. It was dead air at its finest.
We still refer to the pose as ‘Doing the Tall Man'.
Your favourite other Triple R program and why?
From sheer respect I have to say Skull Cave. I still remember the 'odd' girls listening to From the Bunker, which is where it all started for me (see above). I will never be worthy.
What does Triple R mean to you?
RRRespect - for the listener, the artists, the music and the community. Can't think of a single other station that covers all the bases as well.
The studio door has accidentally jammed shut with you stuck inside. If there was only one CD in there with you what would you want it to be and why?
I'm feeling pressure to say something with a nautical theme, but instead I'm going to say Tom Lehrer's That was the Year that Was (1965). I'd happily play it from start to finish and then over. Every time I listen to it I still pick up something new.
