This weeks Radio GaGa takes a look at Royalty in music. This weeks theme can draw from a number of guises including the name of the song, eg.King of the Road (Roger Miller), Queen of Hearts (Juice Newton), Two Princes (Spin Doctors), Duke of Earl (Gene Chandler) or the name of the artist or group eg. Kings of Leon, Prince,
Read moreThis Saturdays Live Match of the Day on Southern FM is the Division 3 match up between The Sandown Cobras and The Southern Dragons. The two clubs have become traditional rivals in quick time and this weeks clash should be pretty tight. The Cobras are comfortably entrenched in 2nd place on the ladder whilst The Dragons are 4th but looking
Read moreIn a stunning afront to public taste it’s Dr Nick solo on Built for Speed this week. He’ll be reviewing the latest Aussie movie Red Dog and French Animated flick The Illusionist. For fans of American indie rock there’s a big centrepiece of classic American alternative music from the 80’s. We also explore some different shades of Aussie rock. As if
Read moreAugust sees a great line up of talent on our Live Sunday Sessions. the 14th sees our first heavy rockers for a while with Destroy She Said coming in to lift the roof off the studio, on the 21st we re-aquaint ourselves with Dreamboogie who are creating a big stir in the blues world right now having just released their
Read moreI’ve checked out three films at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) so far. Not all of them have further screenings but you can be sure they’ll pop up on SBS at some time in the future. Here are my thoughts on: Boxing Gym (Director: Frederick Wisemen, 91 mins) Veteran filmmaker Frederick Wiseman’s Boxing gym is an extremely minimalist documentary
Read moreThe latest Marvel Comics movie adaptation, Captain America: the first Avenger, takes the comic book mythology & turns it into an Indiana Jones style WW2 romp with Nazis, ray guns and bald-headed villains. Captain America aka Steve Rogers is at first the stereotypical 90 pound weakling who, in 1943 is desperate to join the army and fight Hitler. He becomes
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