Each week we look at a particular year in music, the events of the day and top 10 highest selling singles of the year. We also take a look at the albums chart and what was big overseas, have a listen to the podcast here. This week we looked at 1992.
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City of Port Phillip Mayor Marcus Pearl talks to Craig Francis about the challenges of keeping the St Kilda Festival tradition alive during lockdowns, and the plans for the Festival to come back bigger and better than ever on February 18th and 19th, 2023.
Read moreBEST MEDICINE – today 20/9/22 – Pancreatic cancer, with Michelle Stewart CEO of Pankind; then the impacts of sex/porn addiction on relationships, with John Larkin Counsellor. Please join me, Gaytana. ALSO: the AMA Vic is asking us to wear a mask to protect ourselves & OTHERS from COVID. Looking out for each other – that’s what community does. G
Read moreThe sensitive, charming but still gritty Irish film, The Quiet Girl (which is spoken almost entirely in Irish Gaelic) will no doubt prove to be a favourite for some filmgoers this year. It shows that a tearjerker can still be a credible and genuinely affecting drama. In her first film role, 12- year-old Catherine Clinch stars as Cait, the neglected
Read moreThere have been numerous film adaptations of Italian author Carlo Collodi’s 1883 Pinocchio story but the most famous is the 1940 Disney animated film. That movie is apparently a favourite of a number of renowned directors including Steven Spielberg who used its ‘wish upon a star’ theme over the closing credits of Close Encounters and essentially remade it as AI:
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Bayside musician Luke Ford talks to Craig Francis about his fascinating musical journey with the band ‘The Duke Spirit’, including television appearances on Letterman, Jay Leno and Jools Holland, supporting REM on tour, playing venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl and Glastonbury, and having the Gallagher brothers from Oasis visit his band’s dressing room. Luke also
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