WRITE NOW
Write Now -TONIGHT – Our Passionate Reader will talk about his book of choice and I’m hoping to have time to read a little from Jennifer Skiff’s book The Divinity of Dogs and there’ll be more. Please join us – Gaytana
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What’s on Built For Speed, Fri 15th March 2013
It’s classic album time once again on Built For Speed and this week we go back to 1996 for Wilco’s alt country game changer Being There. There’s also plenty of new Australian and overseas music for you. On the movie front we look at sinister goings on in the sweaty Southern swamplands in The Paperboy and an astonishing story of deception in
Read moreThis Saturday – Compliments of Gus live – podcast
Songs of Hope did a spotlight on Melbourne Christian band “Compliments of Gus” on 3/3/2013. This band is now appearing this Saturday, 16 March at live@wilsonstreet. They will be presenting their new album “Heartbeat”. Doors open 7:30, band on about 8:00 pm. live@wilsonstreet is located at 1st floor/10 Wilson St, South Yarra. Tickets at door, only $10. Here is a
Read moreMidnight Mass Playlist for Wednesday 13th March
The playlist for this tonight’s (12am – 2am) Midnight Mass is as follows: ARIEL PINK – Among Dreams LFO – Jason Vorhees PRIMAL SCREAM – Slip Inside This House BOREDOMS – Two Circles STEREOLAB – Lo Boob Oscillator MATMOS – This Is FAUST – Jennifer PETER CHRISTOPHERSON – All Possible Numbers ROVO – KNM! CLUSTER – Georgel YO LA TENGO
Read moreFilm review: OZ-THE GREAT AND POWERFUL, from Built For Speed
It’s a pretty daunting task for any director to try to create a prequel for a classic film. Tinkering with a well-established movie mythology means there’s a huge threat of a backlash should they get it wrong; Phantom Menace anyone? The task is even greater when it’s an icon of old Hollywood and such a universally loved film as The
Read moreFilm review: GREAT EXPECTATIONS, from Built For Speed
With their wonderful, ornate prose and vivid imagery, Charles Dickens’ novels seem ideally suited to cinema adaptations. David Lean realized this potential magnificently with his atmospheric 1946 version of Great Expectations. Less successful was Alfonso Cuaron’s miscalculated modern day version of Great Expectations with Ethan Hawke and Robert de Niro. The latest adaptation of this novel, from British director Mike
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