The head of the largest church in the world, Yonggi Cho, has come to Melbourne expressly to thank a Melbourne church for sending missionaries to Korea late in the 19th century. This missionary endeavour has resulted in there being 17 million Christians in South Korea today. The church he came to thank is St Mary’s Anglican Church in Caulfield. Our
Read moreThe last long interview by Darryl Cotton with Purple Haze’s Mark Naumann, about his classic album ‘Best Seat In The House’. The album is played in its entirety and includes the hits ‘Same Old Girl’, ‘Don’t Let It Get To You’ and ‘Here Comes Another Heartache. Originally broad cast in December 2011 – available here now for the first time
Read moreThe Australian release of Only God Forgives has been preceded by much hype and vitriol claiming it to be one of the worst and most hideously violent films of recent times. Fortunately, it’s neither of these things. It’s certainly not for all tastes and like many of Danish director Nicholas Winding Refn’s films, seems like an exercise in style over
Read moreWith films like Cabin In the Woods pulling apart horror movie tropes and the Scary Movie series lampooning the genre outright, it’s a much more difficult task for a filmmaker to scare audiences these days than it was in the past. It’s a credit to James Wan, the director of the new supernatural horror movie The Conjuring, that, for at
Read moreOn this Purple Haze Archive podcast we present guitarist, singer & songwriter, Mick Rogers. Mick Rogers besides being a long time member of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band & forming his own band Aviator in the late 1970s, was also a vital member of classic Australian bands: Normie Rowe & the Playboys, Procession & cult band Bulldog. Mick Rogers’ latest solo album is titled: Sharabang Mick Rogers Official Website: Click Here Purple
Read moreWrite Now – TONIGHT – Gwen McCallum and Anthony Griffiths – two poets. Mother and son. Please join me, Gaytana
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