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Kate Jinx is joined by her dear pals Guy Blackman and Ben O'Connor, the owners of iconic indie record label Chapter Music ahead of their HUGE Rising Festival swansong show End of An Era on Saturday 7 June – highlighting their 33 years in the biz, and the changes they're making. They talk zines, musical influences, slutty eras and ... ceramics! You can (and SHOULD) also pre–order Guy Blackman's new solo album "Out of Sight" here.

Ben O'Connor's Also Alsos:

• The Kanopy (free streaming service) queer section
• Holy Sugar the cake shop in Northcote
• P.E. Moskowitz's substack Mentalhellth

Guy Blackman's Also Alsos:

• Australian potter Eric Juckert
• "Dressed in Black: The Shangri–Las and Their Recorded Legacy" by Lisa MacKinney
• 50s/60s/70s Australian label Phono Vox Records

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Kate Jinx is joined by Jessica Stanley, an Australian novelist who lives in London – and has just published her new book Consider Yourself Kissed. Jessica talks through her writing patterns, politics, her favourite newsletters, asks would you pose nude for Lucian Freud?, and shares her best spots in London. Sign up for her substack!

Jessica's Also Alsos:

• The Lives of Lucian Freud: Fame: 1968-2011 by William Feaver
• Naked Portrait: A Memoir of Lucian Freud by Rose Boyt
• Celia Paul: Works 1975–2025 monograph
• + her all–time favourite, The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

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Kate's joined by "girlfriend of the pod", comedian Zoë Coombs Marr who is about to wrap up her latest stand–up show The Splash Zone at MICF to talk White Lotus, Severance, Real Housewives of Sydney and how she also made out with one of the Real Housewives of Melbourne once.

Zoë's Also Alsos:

• Balcony gardening
• Dexies
• Liza Treyger's stand–up special Night Owl on Netflix

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