# Brian Wise
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brian wise is an Australian music journalist and broadcaster based in Murrumbeena, Victoria. He is best known for his program Off The Record on Australian community radio station 3RRR.
== Biography ==
brian wise was one of the co-founders of Monash University's 3MU student radio station in 1972, and worked as a broadcaster at Melbourne's community radio station 3PBS between 1980 and 1987, when he started hosting Off The Record at 3RRR.Off The Record started in November 1987 and aired Sunday nights until a Saturday morning slot became available in 1989, where it has remained since. The show features Americana/roots music and interviews with local and international guests.In 1992 Wise founded the roots music magazine Rhythms Magazine after he visited the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and noticed the city had two monthly roots music magazines of their own, while Melbourne had none.
Four Tracks, Infinite Ideas: Why Revolver Still Sounds Like the Future 60 Years On
There are episodes of On The Record that wander; Episode 18 plants its flag firmly in one year—1966—and dares you to argue it wasn’t the moment pop music grew up.
Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie mark the 60th anniversary of Revolver not as a nostalgic exercise, but as a forensic examination of ho…
Stones, Trucks and Take-Off: On The Record Heads for America
Episode 19 of On The Record kicks off with one foot in the present and the other firmly planted on the long tail of rock history—touching on new Rolling Stones material before sliding into an excerpt from Brian Wise’s recent interview with Mike Mattison of Tedeschi Trucks Band.
It’s a neat juxtapo…
No Second Chances: Inside the Beautiful Chaos of New Orleans Jazz Fest
Episode 20 of On The Record finds Brian Wise reporting in from the field—first Austin, then New Orleans—with the kind of on-the-ground detail that reminds you why festivals still matter, even as many struggle to survive.
There’s even time for a detour through Austin’s bookstores in search of Dylan…
Gumbo, Blues and Batiste: On The Record Finds Its Rhythm in New Orleans
By Episode 21, On The Record has moved beyond anticipation and into immersion. Brian Wise is no longer circling Jazz Fest—he’s in it, navigating its scale, its heat, and its constant, often punishing, decisions.
Broadcasting from the French Quarter, Wise paints New Orleans as it always is: chaotic…
Still in New Orleans — the Weather Wins, Wilco Go Long, and Joni gets the Biopic Treatment
On his final night in New Orleans, Brian Wise files a slightly frayed dispatch that captures Jazz Fest’s defining tension: a festival big enough to feel infinite, and a schedule brutal enough to make you choose your regrets in advance.
Episode 22 becomes a story about how festivals actually unfold…
79. Present Meets Future (feat. Brian Wise, Rowen Burton, Dylan Hornback, & North Bullitt Legend Logan Wyatt)
In today's episode of Talon Talk:
Hunter and Larry sit down and talk with HC Brian Wise on what it means to him to get 400 wins as Head Coach.
Along with Senior's Rowen Burton & Dylan Hornback on their record breaking high school careers.
And our special guest is North Bullitt and Louisville's…
Slow Burn - Decoder Ring | Mailbag: Yo-Yos, Sandboxes, and Encores
Decoder Ring listeners write in with some excellent mysteries, and for our last episode of the year we’re solving three of them. Why do children play in boxes full of sand? Why do rock bands pretend like the show is over when everybody knows they’re coming back for an encore? And what was up with t…
A Farewell to Glen, a Cult-Rock Classic and a Second Look at The Odyssey
Episode 34 of On The Record opens in sombre territory, with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie remembering Glen Hansard, the Irish singer-songwriter, Frames frontman and Once star who died aged 56 following a motorcycle accident outside Dublin.
Hansard’s career stretched back to the formation of The…
Ep 40: Americana’s Big Night, Dylan’s Big Box and the Joy of Big Ears
The 25th Americana Honours & Awards at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium sits at the centre of Episode 40 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie.
Though, as ever, the definition of “Americana” proves ripe for debate.
Brian Wise watched the ceremony while keeping one eye on Hawthorn tra…
Rubber Soul, Ringo’s Koala and the Secret to a Great Festival
Brian Wise has reached a familiar collector’s reckoning: “I’m just rebuying my entire record collection.”
In Episode 43 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie, the latest Rubber Soul box set provides both the evidence and a persuasive defence. Wise hasn’t exhausted every outtake, b…
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