Hi Everyone, Here is my podcast from my very last ‘Purple Haze’ show on 88.3 Southern FM, which was broadcast on Wednesday 29 April 2020, after 22 years’ service. I’ve re-edited it from what went to air eg. adding in songs re the “Past guests” segment so it better relates to what we were discussing.. The total length of the
Read moreOn my next version of Purple Haze, this Wednesday 8-11pm, I’ll have: ‘Live in the studio’: my co-host, a great Aussie singer, Marty Rhone. We’ll play Marty’s new songs & some of his past hits too band Jacob’s Run about their new cd & their fundraiser for 88.3 Southern FM Victor Stranges, talking about his upcoming gig & songs
Read moreA film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Richard Curtis and featuring lashings of Beatles music seems like a failsafe recipe and while musical rom-com Yesterday has some fine moments, it never quite lives up to its promise. In a scenario that sees speculative history meet Sliding Doors-style ‘what if’ urban fantasy, failed British singer-song writer Jack Malik (Himesh Patel)
Read moreRamble Tamble (a local Creedence Clearwater Revival cover band) to play ‘unplugged & live-in-the studio’ on Purple Haze, 88.3 Southern FM, Wednesday 31st October, 2018 8-10pm Also on the show, Mark will pay tribute to the late Beatles brilliant sound recording engineer, Geoff Emerick. He will also play some new releases, which includes ‘Egypt Station’ by Paul McCartney.
Read moreIn this podcast, Mark interviews Beatle specialist Hans Olaf about his 470 page coffee table book, “The Beatles from Cavern to Star-Club: The Illustrated Chronicle, Discography and Price Guide 1957-62’. This book contains an enormous amount of details about The Beatles 1960-1962 period, which is often only briefly mentioned in most Beatle biography books. Hans & Mark talk mainly about
Read morePurple Haze presenter Mark Copolov has secured this exclusive & rare interview with Axel Korinth, co-author of the book ‘A Is For Apple’, an amazing 725 page coffee table book, which is an illustrated history of the Beatles’ multimedia corporation during January to March 1969. Some of the topics (including music) they discuss are : The ‘Let It Be’ sessions
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