On Songs of Hope this morning local musician Sally Turner introduced us to spontaneous worship of God through music. Here is a podcast of the segment. Her new worship piece for this week is called “Awaken the dawn” and is based on Psalm 108: ‘My heart, O God, is steadfast; I will sing and make music with all my soul.
Read moreBefore Australian TV’s classic music show Countdown, there was Uptight, an influential four hour live music TV show airing every Saturday morning hosted by Ross D Wyllie. Join legendary host of Uptight Ross D Wyllie as he discusses OZ TV in the 1960s & 1970s and his successful pop career which included the number one smash “The Star“. Purple Haze is proudly sponsored by Songland Music
Read moreSongs of Hope segment “Words for Life” for today, 18 August 2013, is brought to us by Chris Witts. His topic is “Each day is sacred”. Songs of Hope website: http://songsofhope883.com Click the play button for the audio or download. Play time is 5 minutes. Audio provided by Hope 103.2 FM.
Read moreAmerican punk band The Descendents were 15 years ahead of their time. Their combination of machine gun riffs and Beatlesque melodies presaged Green Day by more than a decade and, as Dave Grohl points out, would have made them megastars had their classic albums been released in the 1990’s. The documentary Filmage: The story of the Descendants/ All charts their
Read more100 Bloody Acres is a low–budget Australian horror/comedy that provides a humorous but still gory, spin on backwoods slasher films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Wolf Creek. In typical hillbilly horror fashion, the film begins with three pretty young people Sophie (Anna McGahan), her boyfriend James (Oliver Ackland) and their annoying English backpacker mate Wes (Jamie Kristian), lost in
Read moreThe lightweight comedy/drama The Way Way Back is an archetypal “shy teen comes-of-age” film. As such, the storyline and many of the characters seem very familiar as if they were plucked from other movies but this doesn’t diminish this film’s considerable charm. For a relatively small, low-key film, it features a remarkable cast of name actors including Steve Carrell, Toni
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