Is it just us or is it getting hot in here? And where are all those snake vines coming from? In a trip deep into the jungle, trekking along some partly-worn paths whilst creating a few inroads of our own, we push aside the creepers and carnivorous plants to look what might be lurking in the undergrowth and swinging overhead. John Hughes `On Language´ http://www.abc.net.au/rn/linguafranca/stories/2008/2226392.htm All In The Mind: Your Inner Ape http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/stories/2008/2187798.htm Ambush, by T.A.G. Hungerford, first heard on Radio Eye http://www.abc.net.au/rn/radioeye/stories/2003/737420.htm music details: Track: Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) Artist: The Tokens Composer: trad/ilene/seeger/hellerman/hayes/gilbert CD title: Sixties Collection CD label: EMI CDRock 701543 Dur: 1´ 00" Track: Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) Composer: trad/ilene/seeger/hellerman/hayes/gilbert CD title: Greatest Hits CD label: BR music=BRCD43 dur: 1´ 00" artist: Stylistics Track: Tarzanic Suite Composer: Rogers, Shorty CD title: Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan CD label: MGM 3798 dur: 0´ 30" artist: Shorty Rogers Track: Tarzan Eps 3 & 4 Composer: n/s CD title: Heroes of the Radio Waves CD label: National Fil & Sound Archive=RD dur: 2´00" artist: Stewart, R.; Hathaway, M.; Climpson, R Track: Jungle Jim Composer: n/s CD title: Jungle Jim Radio Series CD label: Golden Age=GA5014 dur: 2´ 20" artist: studio cast Track: Quiet Village Composer: Baxter, Les CD title: Music for a Bachelor´s Den in Hi-Fi CD label: DCC DZS 079 dur: 2´00" artist: Martin Denny Track: Back to Nature Composer: Frank Tovey CD title: CD Mutel 7 CD label: Mute dur: 3´30" artist: Fad Gadget Track: Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) Composer: trad/ilene/seeger/hellerman/hayes/gilbert CD title: The Magic of Yodelling CD label: Bluebell Records YPRX 1883 dur: 2´30" artist: Mary Schneider

Time waits for no man and certainly not for marathon runner-to-be Andy Clarke as he puts in the hours and the miles for his Not Stopping challenge of a lifetime. On the flip side of the program - deep in a state of pranayama, somewhere in the upper reaches of Bali - our Night Air roving yoga bunny tries to work out where the breath begins and where it ends or whether it just never stops at all.

A mysterious agent has arrived in Hong Kong on an unspecified mission. Without a map and relying solely on his intuition - the Agent drifts - his encounters with activists, sidewalk shamans, a feng shui master, teenage hopefuls, artists, shopping arcades, ghost buses, psychedelic trains and red bean dumplings become intriguing clues with which to de-code the city and its inhabitants. Video Join The Hong Kong Agent as he's exorcised by a sidewalk shaman, rides a ghost bus into a world of Japanese anime dolls, and witnesses the psychadelification of a train compartment by a gaming cosplay girl. Watch video [Windows Media Video · dur: 30secs] Special Preview: Let The Hong Kong Agent be your first taste of The Pool, a media-sharing project developed by ABC Radio National. You can watch and remix videos of the Agent as he decodes the city. Please note: The Pool is still under development and contains site features and areas which are yet to be made functional. The Pool....coming soon. Click on the image gallery to the right to see some photographs taken by the Agent. Here's what he filed about them: AGENT REPORT The Arrival: 1 January 2007 Mountain of Great Peace, Tai Ping Shan, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. My transfer is uneventful. A gentle wind from the direction of the west bodes well. I stop at a mechanical water display and attempt a decode. Satisfied, I move on to infiltrate the local inhabitants - participating in their viewing ritual. From here it´s birdseye perspective of Hong Kong and Kowloon harbour cities. The luxury space cruiser hovers along side, reluctant to leave. Interstellar dwellers desiring terra connectivity gather on the outdoor observation deck, some even mimic the camera posings of the locals below. Others simply gaze off into the distance neither at the city below nor at us. After a few moments I turn for a final look at these beings aboard their spectacular craft, then turn my back on them and head down into the fecund city below. In The Hong Kong Agent, you hear the voices of Artist/Activist - Ting Chan Writer - Cally Yu Actors - Steven Pang +Eno Yim Curator - Oscar Ho Feng Shui Master - Alex Yu Taoist Scholar - Dr Lai Chi-Tim And Anthropologist - Dr Joseph Bosco Featuring the music of local Hong Kong musicians `Stealstealground´, Snoblind , Faye Wong, Dickson Dee and the Deyin Qin Society. Special thanks to social researcher Dr Phillip Mar and the people of Hong Kong.

Tonight as feral as into the wild blue yonder ... past the rabbit-proof fence, scrabbling and scratching our way through a `special area´ in the Blue Mountains and scurrying around with some German boars in urban Berlin to see what happens when wildness and civilisation come head to head. Later we take wing with pigeons from all over - at least they can find their way back to a place they call home - unlike the anarchistic feral-punks who tried to squat Stonehenge in 1980s Britain. music details: Track: Born to be Wild Artist: Moog Cookbook Composer: Mars Bonfire CD title: Mars Bonfire CD label: restless 01877 7294 Dur: 4´ 30" Track: Pigmeat on the Line Composer: Ernest Lawlars CD title: Queen of the Blues CD label: Columbia/Legacy CD65212 dur: 0´ 10" artist: Minnie Memphis Track: Vilderness Composer: Nils Petter Molvaer CD title: Chilluminati Remixes CD label: jazzland 0602498146552 dur: 9´ 30" artist: Nils Petter Molvaer Track: What´s Up Doc Composer: Carl Stalling CD title: Bugs bunny on Broadway CD label: Merrie Melodies/Warner 7599264942 dur: 0´ 25" artist: Mel Blanc PART TWO Track: Feed the Birds Composer: Sherman/Sherman CD title: CD label: Walt Disney D15088 dur: 2´ 00" artist: Julie Andrews Track: Stop That Pigeon Composer: Hanna/Barbera CD title: CD label: Music Club MCCD279 dur: 0´ 20" artist: Ensemble Track: Wombles Composer: Mike Batt CD title: Wombling Songs CD label: CBS SBP234539 dur: 3´ 30" artist: Mike Batt Track: Leave It Composer: n/s CD title: Automotive - Digital Parker Project CD label: Couchblip BLIP010 dur: 6´ 00" artist: www.couchblip.com Track: Hi Diddle Dee Dee Composer: Leigh Harline CD title: CD label: A and M CD38957 dur: 1´ 00" artist: Ken Nordine (narr); Frisell & Horvitz (instrum) Track: Dinosaurs Composer: William Burroughs LP title: Better an Old Demon than a New God LP label: Giorno Poetry Systems GPS033 dur: 5´ 00" artist: William Burroughs

The Night Air´s in a cyclic and anticipatory mood this evening as we consider reflections and reverberations across a range of media - from the CT scanner, to the sound therapist, to the carousel. We're exploring the sonic therapeutic potential of Tibetan bowls, getting inside the head of a speaking photo booth and musing on a music box with a mind of its own.

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