Last week ‘Built For Speed’ looked at the music of the 1970’s and this week we continue the Summer series with a selection of favourite tracks from the 1980’s. The mainstream music of the 80’s might have been horrible but there was a magnificent indie rock scene spawning thousands of amazing bands including The Replacements, REM, Sonic Youth and Died Pretty. We’ll
Read moreOn this Boxing Day edition of ‘Built For Speed’ we play more of our favourite tracks from 2014 as well as some classics and even a few Christmas songs. We also review Iranian/ American vampire film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, the latest Night At the Museum film Secret of the Tomb and animated action adventure Big Hero
Read moreThis week on “Built For Speed” we review Ridley Scott’s latest film, biblical epic, Exodus: Gods and Kings. We also take a look at Jason Reitman’s latest examination of modern day spiritual emptiness in Men, Women and Children. There’s plenty of fine music including “Built For Speed” favourites from Radio Birdman and You Am I and new tracks from the likes of
Read moreThis week on “Built For Speed” we take a look at the latest film in the blockbuster teen dystopia franchise The Hunger Games with Mocking jay Part 1. We also review David Cronenberg’s creepy new drama about the seedy underbelly of Hollywood, Maps to the Stars. There’s plenty of great new music from the likes of Ty Segall and Tweedy
Read more“Built for Speed” on 88.3 Southern FM: 20 Years of Music and Movies Melbourne’s south eastern suburban community radio station 88.3 Southern FM is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the program “Built for Speed” this Friday night, 24th Oct 2014 at 8pm. “Built for Speed”, which is hosted by Dr Nick, CJ and Jimbo, is a music-based program with rock
Read moreThis week on “Built For Speed” we take a look at two of the more fascinating films for 2014, The Case Against 8, a documentary about the battle for same sex marriage rights in the US and Force Majeure a Swedish drama that dissects marriage and its assumed gender roles. There’s also plenty of fine music with some of the cover songs
Read more