Triple J Videos

Can Spike Jonze' long-awaited adaptation of the cult picture book live up to the ludicrious weight of indie-hipster expectation? Can it DAMNIT?!?!?!

Good lord, the gaunt, pansy vampires are back to suck the life from the cinema.

This week we revisit some of the stand-out moments on the program in 2009, with THE BEST OF SUNDAY NIGHT SAFRAN. You'll hear about tragic Australian stories from the past and present, facts about dying languages, ways to reverse circumcisions and juvenile offenders finding God.

Music news headlines: Sarah Blasko wins 2009 J-Award for Australian album of the year; The Middle East win Unearthed J-Award; Art Vs Science clip director earns Music Video J-Award; Dizzee Rascal braves Australian heat for Australian girls.

Music news headlines: Daniel Johns reports on new Silverchair album; Lisa Mitchell gets love for Romeo and Juliette; La Roux to return to Australia in March 2010.

Music news headlines: Splendour In The Grass moving to QLD for 2010; Sia calls on Strokes guitarist and Lily Allen producer for new album; Megan Washington wins Vanda and Young songwriting competition.

TONY ABBOTT. The surprise result of the Liberal leadership contest. What will this mean for climate change policy? ALSO today the Reserve Bank set a record by increasing interest rates for the third month in a row. So what can we expect from the economy and the job market in 2010?

Claude Vonstroke talks to Zan about his second album Bird Brain.

Music news headlines: The Black Keys team up with rappers for Blakroc; Program your favourite videos on rage!; Playground Weekender line-up includes Lupe Fiasco, Polyphonic Spree.

What will 2010 hold for terror? Look back over the Jakarta bombing, the withdrawal from Iraq and the arrests on terrorism charges of people in Australia, and then look forward with a security expert and international policy expert.

This week we hear from a Californian pyschologist whose work has been likened to classical Nazism. We exlore interreligious understanding at the Parliament of the World's Religions. We examine the conditions of detained Asylum Seekers in Indonesia. And we hear a classical symphony track for, .

THE SHAKE UP

LIBERAL ANARCHY / US Ambassador / Beez / Oprah / Tim and Jean

Emissions trading deals / Dead dolphins / Whether to find your adopted parents / Fingerprinted at nightclubs

GrrrrrOLAR BEARS! When a Grizzly and a Polar bear fall in love...

No spill for Libs after all; School leavers WA get rowdy and randy; What's more important: music or voice?