Built for Speed – 24th March 2017 THE GRATES – Call Me. (Aus) FLOP – Julie Francovillia. GAS HUFFER – Crooked Bird. GIRL TROUBLE – My Hometown. RYAN ADAMS – Do you still love me. GREEN DAY – Still breathing. BOSTON – More than a feeling. THE BEATLES – Roll over Beethoven. THE ROLLING STONES – Carol. SEX PISTOLS –
Read moreThis 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 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 moreThis week ‘Built For Speed’ takes a musical journey through time beginning in 1967 then bounding to 1977 and onward across the decades to 2017. We’ll play classic rock, experimental music, early punk, indie rock and much more. There’s also plenty to talk about in the film world as review the Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, ‘The Salesman’ then we
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