The Dark Knight Rises is the most anticipated non-Hobbit film of the year, its predecessor The Dark Knight was a box office behemoth and showed that a superhero film could pile on the action and effects and still display some brains. It’s a credit to Nolan that in all the Dark Knight films, he’s able to turn a pretty silly
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 27TH JULY 2012 IGGY & THE STOOGES – Shake appeal. DEEP PURPLE – Highway star. DEEP PURPLE – Black Knight. DEEP PURPLE – Fireball. DEEP PURPLE – Space truckin’. ALICE COOPER – No more Mr Nice Guy. ALEXANDER EBERT – True. IMELDA MAY – Sneaky Freak. THE CULT – Life_Death. MEGAN WASHINGTON – Navy blues.(Aus) ROYAL
Read moreTODAY, Friday 27 July is (Lifeline’s) Stress Down Day – a way to ‘reduce your stress, while raising awareness and funds for Lifeline.’ Lifeline gets 1,250 calls a day from Australians needing support. (www.stressdown.org.au) Let’s get (healthily) creative about reducing stress and supporting each other and Lifeline’s great work. Gaytana – Best Medicine -Southern FM
Read moreThis week Built For Speed put in their 10c worth on the year’s most anticipated non-Hobbit film, The Dark Knight. We also review Rolf De Heer’s latest film, nightmare neighbour flick The King is Dead. There’s plenty of fine music from Aus and abroad including Royal Headache, Washington and a tribute to Deep Purple’s key board maestro, the late Jon Lord. There’s also
Read moreWrite Now – TONIGHT at 7pm- Rich Land Wasteland by Sharyn Munro – ‘How coal is killing Australia’. Hear the interview and the facts: adverse impacts on individuals, families and communities and the destruction of valuable farming land, environmental degradation and more. She’s done the research. You need to know.
Read moreAfter having to miss last weeks show with a collectively strained hamstring, this week the Radio Ga Ga team returns with the second part of the ultimate K-Tel special. Given that we were only able to get from “UNREAL ’74” to “EXPLOSIVE HITS ’75” in the first installment, this original stars/original hits extravaganza may still make it into a third
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