Category: On-air Programs
What’s on Built for Speed, Fri 12th August 2011
This week, Built for Speed rounds out its coverage of the Melbourne International Film Festival with a look at cricket doco Fire in Babylon and Sci Fi drama Another Earth. We’ll also preview the upcoming Bayside Film Festival. In our classic album series we look at My Morning Jacket’s 2003 cosmic alt country epic It Still Moves. We’ll also give you
Read moreFilm review: THE ILLUSIONIST, from Built for Speed
The illusionist is a bittersweet French animated film based on a script by famed comic movie maker Jacques Tati. It tells the story of a middle-aged French sideshow magician who embarks on a forelorn tour of Britain in the early 60’s. There he meets a poverty-stricken young woman whom he takes under his wing. As she begins to flourish and explore
Read moreFilm review: RED DOG, from Built for Speed
Most films that try to encapsulate the Australian identity are about rugged blokes and doughty women battling the intractable landscape but some, such as the latest Aussie film release Red Dog, are more concerned with our four legged friends. When young truck driver (Luke Ford) arrives in the WA mining town of Dampier in the late 70’s to deliver a
Read moreGene McDaniels interview with ‘Purple Haze’s Mark Copolov – Podcast
On June 29th, 2011 Mark Copolov aired his interview with the late Gene McDaniels. Gene was a singer, songwriter, and music producer. He passed away suddenly on July 29, 2011. Sadly this was Gene’s last interview. As a recording artist, Gene sold millions of records in the early 60’s with such big hits as A Hundred Pounds of Clay, Tower
Read moreSuperjuice Live Sunday Session Podcast
Listen again to the fantastic sounds of 7-piece reggae outfit Superjuice, recorded live at the Nighthawk in Mentone for Southern FM’s Live Sunday Sessions.
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