One of Australia’s most loved band of the 1960s were the Town Criers, whose biggest hit was their version of “Everlasting Love“. Join two members of the Town Criers, Barry Smith (vocalist) & bass player Mark Demajo as they go through the band’s pre-history (Beque/Gemini Five) & post history (Springwater/The Fabs). Town Criers Facebook Page: Click Here Purple Haze is
Read morePlay resumed post Christmas and there were some rip-snorting contests in the round 7 one day games. There are now 7 teams on equal points at the top of the Longmuir Shield table so it is a wide open race to the line. There was also plenty of scuttlebutt as the SECA panel went through their paces in the first
Read moreListen to 8Jan17 Christian News Bulletin and the story of Mary Glowrey. Mary Glowrey was a Catholic Christian who went to India after the first World War and spent her working life caring for the sick there. Our hymns podcast for 8Jan17 includes the following: St. Michael’s Singers – Soldiers of Christ Arise Bernard Hull – Psalm 23 Dallas Christian
Read moreLa La Land is Whiplash director Damien Chazelle’s exhilarating homage to 1950’s musicals and the artists who struggle to make it in the dubious city of dreams that is LA. Superbly crafted from its touching love story to its vibrant cinematography and sprightly musical numbers this is a cinematic experiment that works from beginning to end. Chazelle’s triumph is his
Read moreWhy Him?, which stars Bryan Cranston, James Franco and Zoey Deutch, attempts to update the old-fashioned Father Knows Best-style comedy to the less wholesome digital generation. It also vaguely recalls Meet the Parents but while that film was genuinely funny and was able to cleverly balance quirky humour with familial warmth this movie subjects us to irritating characters and for
Read moreRed Dog was one of recent Australian cinema’s greatest success stories, an unassuming and charming family film that ended up being a box office hit. Red Dog proved (as we should have already known) that films about Australia and our national culture will find an audience. With that film’s success a sequel was inevitable. While unlikely to become as iconic
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