Frank Zappa, musician, composer, band leader, producer, visual artist, the list goes on, was a perplexing and brilliant figure and perhaps appropriately but still frustratingly, the lengthy and detailed documentary, simply titled Zappa, doesn’t allow us to gain a complete handle on that brilliance. The film comes from director Alex Winter, yes Bill from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure who,
Read moreAs cinemas reopen, one of the great annual events is back, the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival and this week on ‘Built For Speed’ we speak to Johanna Durand, the Director of the Melbourne branch of the Alliance Francaise about the selection of movies on offer this year. We’ll also take a look at the Frank Zappa documentary and Australian
Read moreOn this Podcast, Purple Haze host Mark Naumann is joined by special guest – rock photographer Philip Morris who chats about his new book – ‘Its A Long Way To The Top from Acca Dacca to Zappa 1969 – 1979’. This book chronicles the rock concerts that happened at iconic venues like The Hordern Pavillion, plus festivals and personal photography
Read moreRadio Ga Ga is a program which features a different theme each week. Last week we played and discussed the opening track off 22 classic Australian albums. This week we go in search of the novelty track. Yes, those comedic and ‘different’ songs that actually cracked the charts. For those from the 60’s think artists such as Allen Sherman, Rolf
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