This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we’ll take a look at the oddly named hit rom-com ‘Crazy Rich Asians’. We’ll also see what four screen legends: Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen, Diane Keaton and Candice Bergen are up to in their latest film, ‘Bookclub’. We’ll have many fine tunes for you with some 80’s indie faves, new Aussie tracks and classic rock. Don’t
Read moreBelieve it not there’s an adaptation of a Marvel comic in your cinemas and this week ‘Built For Speed’ tells you all about the psychedelic super hero film Doctor Strange. We also take a look at Ben Affleck’s latest, the unusual action thriller The Accountant. There’s plenty of fine music with a selection of new Aussie tracks, some Jacobin Mugatu-approved
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we hop in the time machine and head back to the period 1983 -1987, a time generally regarded as one of the worst in popular music. Built For Speed’s mission is to prove that the mid 80’s were not a complete musical garbage dump and that some of the finest (mostly alternative) music of
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 10TH AUGUST 2012 – 80’s SPECIAL 1. ADAM AND THE ANTS – Stand and deliver. 2. DEAD KENNEDYS – Holiday in Cambodia. 3. THE DESCENDENTS – Silly girl. 4. HUSKER DU – Don’t want to know if you’re lonely. 5. SMITHS – This charming man 6. STONE ROSES – I am the resurrection. 7. BILLY BRAGG –
Read moreThis week on Built for Speed we venture back into the eerie mists of time to a period when dinosaurs or at least creatures with mullets, perms and flouro clothes ruled the earth, the 1980’s. In true Built for Speed tradition, though, there’ll be none of the horrible mainstream drivel that polluted commercial radio airwaves during that disturbing decade but
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