Gabe McGrath @gabemcgrath
Freelance writer & radio creative. 📕 Blogging/Writing a memoir about Melbourne’s youth-run 89.9 Hitz FM. 🎤🎧 Written for SMH, Jetstar magazine, & Retro Gamer. gabemcgrath.com Newcastle, Australia Joined February 2009-
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Here's a real piece of Australian radio history. Just me and 36 friends in a small studio. Plus a 'rather merry' Molly Meldrum. 30 years ago! This week. gabemcgrath.com/2024/03/17/unh…
Imagine hosting Melbourne's number 1 breakfast show, then a bunch of kids make you tumble to number 4! 30 years on, hear the stories untold till now. Huge thanks to @GrubbyStubbs @DeeDeeDunleavy. gabemcgrath.com/2024/03/12/hit…
Rob's an amazing support to the indie/retro videogames community. Very happy to spread the word, and hopefully if you can spare a few 💷 your collective help will make a big difference.
Rob's an amazing support to the indie/retro videogames community. Very happy to spread the word, and hopefully if you can spare a few 💷 your collective help will make a big difference.
Thanks very much for sharing this Glenn. A historic night tonight, and great memories of our time working together 30 years ago.
Pssst, don't tell anyone... but these tips are dynamite for adult writers too. #WritingCommunity
Pssst, don't tell anyone... but these tips are dynamite for adult writers too. #WritingCommunity
AI is an imminent threat to the livelihood of writers. Requesting compensation is not enough. AI should be banned in the creative industries. My new article in AdNews today explains why we need to act now: adnews.com.au/opinion/ai-is-…
Brand new @kylieminogue merch just dropped.
Great news today re cracking down on recreational vaping. A big contributor to this result was writer/comedian @JohnSafran whose book #PuffPiece exposed many of the legal/linguistic dirty tricks used by the industry. #auspol abc.net.au/news/2023-05-0…
A tip for my #UK connections. My godson Jack is quite a #coffee snob. And that's great news for you. After years barista-ing in #London - he knows his stuff. Now, he's started his own Coffee bean roastery. And it helps a great cause. allgoodcoffee.co.uk
This week in '94 even @abcnews (Australia) fell under the Hitz FM spell. Apparently we (puts on serious voice) "Caused something of a stir" with our 140,000 listeners. (!) Many thanks to then-reporter Jane Cunningham (@frontrowpitcrew) for the story.
I've been looking for a Twitter replacement for a while. Mastodon is too complicated for me, so I've gone to Spoutible. It's great. It's Twitter without all the bad stuff. Come on over. I'm @gabemcgrath there too. spoutible.com
Really helpful advice here. Especially re the structure/recipe for a successful post.
Consistently great. Year after year. If you're a #reader, #writer or #booklover - anywhere near Newcastle (Australia) - set an alarm for 855am tomorrow.
Consistently great. Year after year. If you're a #reader, #writer or #booklover - anywhere near Newcastle (Australia) - set an alarm for 855am tomorrow.
Elon, we are happy to unblock you and read your tweets. Just pay us 8 bucks a month.
I'm trying to read more #memoirs this year and just finished this one by @meganblandford Remarkably honest and superbly written. Highly recommended, especially if your other half is a mum. (They may not have the same battles, but maybe share some of the fears)
Happy Valentines Day to @MrPeterAndre who charmed Melbourne's Hitz FM crew on this day in 1994. His fans nearly rioted when somebody (ahem) climbed on the roof of Hitz's little white Daihatsu Charade and whipped them into a frenzy! gabemcgrath.com/2021/02/14/on-…
Pretty AMAZING 90s festival coming up in the UK.
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goddamn right
I hate when people complain about Monster of the Week as a format. A new monster every week? Are you even listening to yourselves?
@gabemcgrath @GlennHampson Have saved the playlist & will be listening to it all at work all week this week. Brilliant stuff..thanks so much
@gabemcgrath It’s definitely neater but I am too attached to the original title 😁
@gabemcgrath Interesting, so I'll consider the ones that say they block the chat from an office environment over those blocking the vacuum cleaner. Thanks for the tip Gabe.
(Technically you can save the GIF to your phone then post but unlike Facebook and Twitter there’s no GIFs section)
att @thisisdisco - for your next recording session snacks
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@ThisIsMeTanking A visual album is what TS11 can be
Listening to Hitz FM Melbourne. Broadcast 5. Day 1. Midday till 4pm. 7th April 1995 thanks to @gabemcgrath hearthis.at/gabemcgrath/hi…
@gabemcgrath thanks so much, Gabe! x
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Want to spark your kid's writing fire? In this Quick Tips clip from Your Kid's Next Read podcast, I've got some ideas on how to do just that! Find the clip – and a bunch more – here: bit.ly/3vCIcAC
@gabemcgrath Cohost is the comfiest but also the least like here and they have a backlog for account activations which means a few days in read only for new members. It's been nice so far though and I hope it stays nice. Masto is alright once you get a site you're happy to be on.
I WISH we'd been taught this at school! prowritingaid.com/list-of-adverbs
@gabemcgrath @annerallen Gabe, you are clearly a gentleman of fine values and impeccable taste as agreed by multitudes. :-)