This Friday on Built For Speed we play cover versions (and a few lesser known original versions) of some of our favourite songs. There’ll be tracks from Placebo, The Pixies, You Am I and many more. We also take a look at Ang Lee’s adaptation of the best selling novel Life of Pi. On a slightly different note we review low
Read moreAdaptations of massively popular contemporary novels are dubious prospects as evidenced by the dreary film version of The Da Vinci Code. So it was with some trepidation I settled in for Ang Lee’s movie version of Yann Martel’s biblically themed adventure novel Life of Pi. I hadn’t read the novel but from the trailer I feared its story of one
Read moreVALE Dr Carl Scholtz – MB, MRCPA, PhD, MSC -doctor, pathologist, teacher, writer, poet; long time member of my Bayside Poetry Group. Carl’s poems are included in BPG anthologies and his work has featured on many Write Now programmes over the years. Last year when I devoted a whole Best Medicine programme to Poetry’s health benefits I began with Carl
Read moreHere it is, the top Songs of Hope Christian song for 2012. It was selected by listeners. The song with the most downloads was adjudged the winner. The winner is “The Peace of God” an original song created in 2012 by Nick Flynn of Brisbane with words by Ellen Carr. Listen again and enjoy: The runners up were: “Shackles” by
Read moreHere it is, the top Songs of Hope story for 2012. It was selected by listeners. The story with the most downloads was adjudged the winner. The winner is the story of Joseph Scriven and his writing of the hymn “What a friend we have in Jesus”. The story was presented by Noel Greig. Listen again and enjoy: The runner-up
Read moreQuartet like The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is one of those rare films aimed primarily at audiences aged over 60. Unfortunately this film has neither the astute eye for character nor the clever, endearing script of Marigold. As a very British film with no American cast members, Quartet is a surprising directorial debut for Dustin Hoffman. Set in an opulent
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