This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we celebrate the music of the late Chuck Berry with some of the rock’n’roll pioneer’s originals and classic tracks that his work has influenced. We’ll also here some classics from lesser known 90’s Seattle bands who deserved a lot more recognition, some fine Aussie indie rock and much more. On the movie front we’ll
Read moreListen again to the story of John Flynn, the Christian minister who opened up the outback of Australia and established the Royal Flying Doctor service. He has been called “the greatest Australian”. This story was broadcast on Songs of Hope on 19Mar17 Songs of Hope website
Read moreIranian director Ashgar Farhadi’s The Salesman recently won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Farhadi caused the evening’s second most controversial moment when he refused to appear because of his disapproval of the US government’s travel ban on citizens from selected countries. Instead he had an Iranian-American engineer Anousheh Ansari read a powerful statement about the dangers of divisiveness.
Read moreStephan Elliot’s 2012 wedding comedy A Few Best Men attempted to transplant Death at a Funeral-style British farce to Australia. Juvenile and dismally unfunny it was a painful experience to sit through. Astonishingly, we now have a sequel to that film. A Few Less Men now directed by Mark Lamprell but still scripted by the first film’s writer Dean Craig
Read moreBuilt for Speed – 17th March 2017 YOU AM I – Trike. (Aus) JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE – Fire. VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO – I’m waiting for the man. BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD – Expecting to fly. THE KINKS – Waterloo Sunset. THE CLASH – Janie Jones. QUEEN – Sheer Heart Attack. FLEETWOOD MAC – Go your own way. ELVIS COSTELLO – Welcome
Read moreWarner Music have just released a classic 4 CD box set of some of the greatest Aussie pub rock bands playing some of their best Aussie pub rock songs. Radio Ga Ga decided to review the box set and smash out some of the great tunes contained in this brilliant collection of the prototypical hits and vibe of the era.
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