This weeks playlist for alternative music program The Midnight Mass (12am – 2am): PANDA BEAR – Take Pills SEEFEEL – Spangle THE CURE – Disintegration MY BLOODY VALENTINE – She Found Now ROVO – KNM! YO LA TENGO – Daphnia RIDE – Nowhere GRIZZLY BEAR – Fine For Now ULRICH SCHNAUSS – Goodbye SONIC YOUTH – Expressway To Yr Skull
Read moreF. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby captured America amid the hedonism and chaos of the “jazz age” a time when the nation was giddy with power from its First World War economic boom. The book focused on an American upper class of wealthy white folks who, in addition to their sedate garden parties and boating regattas, regularly gathered for
Read moreIs Springbreakers saying something profound about disillusioned western youth and the hideous culture of sleaze that surrounds them or is it just teen sexploitation tricked up with art house gimmicks? One thing is certain, this film, the latest from the ironically named Harmony Korine, will divide audiences like a meat cleaver. Spring break is the American equivalent of schoolies where
Read moreFor the life of me I can’t understand the fuss about Ryan Gosling. He has been dubbed the actor of his generation but to my mind that honour firmly belongs to Michael Fassbender. For me Gosling’s minimalist acting and smirking arrogant manner have stopped most of his films cold. A movie with the right script and sympathetic direction, however, can
Read moreBest Medicine -TODAY – I’m talking with outreach worker Josh Carton then later with Dr Devinder Chauhan about Macular Degeneration. Please join me, Gaytana
Read moreThere’s four reasons why the original Star Trek TV series has such enduring popularity: there’s the superbly cheesy 60’s pop-art production design, the exploration of moral and philosophical issues that clearly fascinated creator Gene Roddenberry, the fact that it makes nerdy scientists look like heroes but mainly it’s the wonderful characters. Chief among these is Capt. James Tiberius Kirk who,
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