Stan Walker’s Idol Year

November 23, 2010
by Rodney Olsen
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Yesterday was the first anniversary of Stan Walker being named the winner of the seventh series of Australian Idol. During his Idol journey International superstar Michael Bublé heard him sing and said, “That voice is like God kissed his throat.”

After one performance during Idol he left Joel and Benji Madden of Good Charlotte speechless. Joel said that listening to Walker sing made him want to sing R&B music and Benji said he’d watch him perform whether he won the competition or not.

Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy told Stan that if he had no where to go after Idol to give him a call.

A year on and Stan Walker has continued to build a strong career with a number of hit singles and a growing fan base. He’s in Perth for Summerbeatz tonight at Burswood Dome. He joined me in the studio this morning at 98.5 Sonshine FM.

We spoke about everything from his trip to Haiti following the devastating earthquake that took thousands upon thousands of lives to his excitement about having his first holiday in over a year.

We also touched on his recent visit to London, Altiyan Childs winning X Factor, Speedos and Stan scoring the role of singing the theme song for Chronicles of Narnia – The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

You can hear our conversation by clicking the play button on the audio player below.
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Simply Living Book Club

January 3, 2009
by Rodney Olsen
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Narnia.jpgI hate to admit it but I’ve never read any of the Narnia series of books by C.S. Lewis.

That’s all about to change with the Simply Living Book Club.

Life Skills Trainer, Jill Bonanno, joined me yesterday on 98.5 Sonshine FM for our weekly radio segment, Simply Living. We looked at some different ideas for New Year’s Resolutions and how to keep the ones we make. One of the things we talked about was making more time to read in 2009.

To help our listeners set their own goals for reading this year we’ve started a book club. Each month we’ll suggest a book and then give listeners a month to read it before we discuss the book on-air, inviting people to call in with their thoughts or even email what they thought of the book. We’re hoping to look at a mixture of new titles and some of the classics.

To get the ball rolling we’re going to be reading The Lion, The With and the Wardrobe, part of the Chronicles of Narnia. The generous people at Koorong gave five of our listeners a book containing the complete series of Narnia titles so that they can enjoy being part of the book club. They’ve also given me a copy so that I can read along. I’m looking forward to spending a few hours immersed in the writings of C.S. Lewis.

Have you read The Lion, The With and the Wardrobe recently? (No, I don’t mean have you seen the movie.) Would you like to be part of the book club? Maybe you can grab a copy and read or re-read the story before the end of the month. You can leave your thoughts in the comments section of this post. I’d also be interested in your suggestions for books we could read in the coming months.



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