Film review: THE WRECKING CREW, from ‘Built For Speed’

The Wrecking Crew were a group of gun LA studio musicians who, often unknown to the public, played on many of the big pop music hits of the 50’s and 60’s. They provided much of the musical accompaniment to The Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Sonny and Cher, The Byrds and perhaps most famously The Monkees. They also worked on

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Built For Speed, Playlist, Friday 7th December 2012

BUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 7th DECEMBER 2012 1.     THE DATSUNS – Gold Halo. (Aus) 2.     DALLAS CRANE – Dirty Hearts. (Aus) 3.     COLD CHISEL – No sense. (Aus) 4.     DIED PRETTY – True fools fall. (Aus) 5.     MISSY HIGGINS – Unashamed desire (Aus). 6.     LED ZEPPELIN – Boogie with Stu. 7.     WARUMPI BAND – White fella black fella. (Aus) 8.    

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What’s on Built For Speed, Friday 7th December 2012

This week on Built For Speed we look at two very different films: the sensitive teen drama The Perks of Being a Wallflower and a film starring the man who would probably slap the kids in Wallflower upside the head, Clint Eastwood, who plays – believe it not – an old school American grump in The Trouble with the Curve.  There’s

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