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Rob and Davo @ Belmont Bowls Club

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Last night I went to the Belmont Bowls Club to see ex Wickety Wak member Rob Rosenlund and Dave(Davo)Mitchell which it was my 6th time seeing Rob and first time seeing Davo as the last time I saw Rob until last night with the Wak Boys @ Moreton Bay Sports Club Saturday may 9th 2015. Dad took me to the Bowls Club, went to table 2, had Chicken and Cashew Fried Rice for dinner, drank Coke Zero and talked to some of the people on the table. The show started @ 7.15pm with Rob and Davo coming on stage and in the first set they sang songs by Dean Martin, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Chad Morgan, Elvis Presley and others which Davo coming stage on stage dressing up as Johnny Cash, Chad Morgan, Dean Martin, an Japanese person which he said hilarious words which were very funny and Elvis Presley and also an guy in the audience named Wayne came on stage with Davo to play guitar and sing which was interesting and also dressing up as an Irish person as well as doing Kermit and the Muppets singing

Dean Vegas @ Easts Leagues Club

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Elvis tribute performer Dean Vegas will be performing an free show @ Easts Leagues Club on Saturday November 24th and it will start @ 8pm. He will perform the classic Elvis hits from the 50's, 60's and 70's and will dress up in the different eras of Elvis from GI Blues uniform to the Vegas uniform and you will truly be impressed with it as he always puts on an FANTASTIC show getting everyone entertained as well as getting them to sing along to the songs which he has an great backing band too. If you would like to see Dean do yourselves an favour and see him as you will truly enjoy the show as he does an great job doing those Elvis songs.

Doug Parkinson @ Twin Towns

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On Saturday November 3rd legendary Australian singer Doug Parkinson known for hits like Dear Prudence, Without You, Everlasting Love, I'll be Around and others will be performing @ Twin Towns which he's doing an tribute to Joe Cocker show as he do the songs of Joe Cocker as well as doing his own hits as well. The show will start @ 8pm and it cost $45.00. If you would like to go and see Doug do yourselves an favour and see him which he puts on an FANTASTIC show doing great songs and singing as great as ever which you will be impressed by it.

A Morning With Buddy Holly Starring Kris Knight @ Twin Towns

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On Tuesday November 27th Kris Knight will be performing his Buddy Holly tribute show A Morning With Buddy holly at Twin Towns which will start @ 10.30am and it cost $7.00. Kris will perform many of the Buddy Holly classics as well as other classic rock songs of the 50's era and always puts on an AWESOME backed by a great band and you will be truly entertained hearing these great songs. If you would like to see this show do yourselves an favour and see it which you will enjoy this and be impressed as kris does an great job doing these great songs that has stood the test of time.

Another Saturday Night 60's Giants of the Jukebox

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This is an new various artist double CD which has been put together by Brent James who works on Brisbane 4KQ with sunday Morning 60's and Living in the 70's on Sundays and has been putting out compilations for over 25 years for various major record labels as well as being the music director for 4KQ. In this double CD it has classic 60's rock and pop songs by acts like Elvis Presley, Johnny O'Keefe, The Delltones, Tony Meehan and Jet Harris, Johnny Cash, Connie Francis, Gene Pitney, Rick Nelson, Tony Orlando, Duane Eddy, Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs, Lesley Gore, The Beach Boys and many others. It's AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with BRILLIANT and FANTASTIC songs which has stood the test of time and these songs sounds FANTASTIC today as it did back then and Brent James has done an great job putting this CD together as well as picking the great songs to be on this CD so well done Brent as well as the liner notes and the chart info in each state is very impressiv

In Pieces by Sally Field

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This is the autobiography of Legendary American TV and movie actress Sally Field and in this book she talks about her parents spilt at age 3, her upbringing in California as well as an challenging and lonely childhood, working on Gidget and the Flying Nun, doing TV movies in the 70's, studied at the Actor's Studio, working with Joanne Woodward in the TV movie Sybil, her relationship with actor Burt Reynolds, working with Martin Ritt the director in Norma Rae which she would the Best Actress Oscar, working in the movie Lincoln which she played Mary Lincoln and many others. It's BRILLIANT and SUPERB with AWESOME stories told by Sally which I enjoyed it very much and it's an amazing journey for this legendary actress who has been on the scene since 1965 with Gidget as well as the Flying Nun to the TV movies in the 70's and to become one of the great movie actresses who would win 2 Academy Awards which it's an entertaining and an BRILLIANT read as you can feel

Normie Rowe @ Bulimba Golf Club

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On Friday October 26th legendary Australian singer Normie Rowe will be performing at the Bulimba Golf Club which will start @ 7.30pm and it cost $55.00. He'll performing his classic hits like Que Sera Sera, Shakin All Over, It Ain't Necessarily So, I Who Have Nothing, It's Not Easy, ooh la La and many others and he always puts on an AWESOME show as well as getting the crowd entertained. If you would like to go do yourselves an favour and see this true legend of Australian music which you should be impressed and entertained by an man who has been for 53 years which he is still singing great as ever.

Rob and Davo @ Belmont Bowls Club

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On Saturday September 29th Wickety Wak member Rob Rosenlund and comedian Dave(Davo) Mitchell will be performing at the Belmont Bowls Club in Carina which will start @ 7.30pm and they will do an mixture of music and comedy as well as impersonations of celebrities and also it will be an great night's entertainment. if you would like to go and see these legendary acts do yourselves an favour and ring up the bowls club to get yourselves an seat which it should be an great night out.

Live Long and What I Learned On the Way by William Shatner

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This is the new book by legendary American actor William Shatner known for his roles as Captain Kirk on Star Trek, TJ Hooker on TJ Hooker and Denny Crane on Boston Legal and in this book he talks about of what he has learnt throughout his life as well as the miracles and occurrences he has witnessed during an career as well as how he has lived this long as well as sharing stories of his unique life going from childhood to success as well as the bumps on the road and many others. It's an excellent and FANTASTIC book with great humour and very entertaining which it's an enjoyable book to read and I enjoyed it. William Shatner is still going strong as he is still working around and will be coming to Australia next month. This book is an must for William Shatner fans and hope it will be inspiring for many people. I give this 4 stars and it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT.

Ladies In Black

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I went to the Events Cinema at Carindale tonight where I saw Ladies In Black. It's Sydney 1959 and Lisa (Angourie Rice) an 16 year old student who is waiting for her exams to go to university starts work at the department store called Good's for the Christmas Rush where she meets Fay(Rachael Taylor) who is tired of Dating Australian men and Patty(Alison McGirr) who is sexually frustrated and having difficulties with her husband played Luke Pegler as well as Ms Cartwright (Noni Hazelhurst). Lisa becomes with Magda (Julia Ormond) who along with her husband (Vincent Perez) were Europe immigrants and dreams of having her own store and has an impact on Lisa who is awakened to an world of possibilities as well as blossoms into an glamourous young woman as well as Fay meets Rudie(Ryan Corr) who is from Hungary and starts an relationship. It's FANTASTIC, very funny and very entertaining with FANTASTIC and Brilliant acting by Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, Ryan Co

Killer Queen @ Easts Leagues Club

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On Saturday September 8th I went to the Easts Leagues Club where I saw the tribute band Killer Queen tribute to the music of legendary rock band Queen which it was my 4th time. Dad took me to the club, had pie, chips and salad for dinner, drank Coke Zero, had Pancake stack for desert, sat with Maggie, Lorraine and Josey, met Helen and talked. The show started with John Blunt and the band coming out on the stage doing nearly 2 hours and 2 sets doing the classic Queen hits with John changing clothes during the sets as well as their current drummer coming on stage to do one song as he was in hospital as they have an temporary drummer at the moment as well as John entertaining the crowd singing along to the songs and at the towards the end of the show he had an Australian flag with him. The show finished at about 9.55pm, talked, saw John which I got an photo with him, saw Dad, had an coke zero to drink as having an chocolate bar to eat and then came home. It was FANTASTIC and AWESOME whic

Been So Long by Jorma Kaukonen

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Been So Long is the autobiography of American guitarist and founding member of 2 successful groups Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna Jorma Kaukonen and in this book he talks about living in Pakistan and the Philippines, learning to play piano in the late 40's and guitar in 1956, his teenage years in Washington DC, playing with Jack Casady in the Triumphs, playing the folk scene in the early 60's in San Francisco as well as jamming with Jerry Garcia, Janis Joplin, bob Dylan and other contemporaries, forming Jefferson Airplane in 1965 which they would achieve success with 2 Top 10 hits as well as classic albums, forming Hot Tuna with Jack Casady in 1969, his solo work, his addiction with drugs and alcohol which he has been sober since the 90's, his 2 marriages and many others. It's FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with AWESOME stories which I enjoyed reading it and Jorma is still performing either on his own as well as Hot Tuna with Jack Casady and also owns the Fur Pea

Don't Stop Believin by Olivia Newton John

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This is the autobiography of legendary Australian singer Olivia Newton John and in this book she talks about her upbringing in England and Australia, her early start in Australian entertainment including doing the Happy Show and Sing Sing Sing as well as singing in the Sol 4, going to England with her mother to crack the music scene, working with Pat Carroll, the great success in the 70's and 80's with hits like If Not FOr You, I Love You I Honestly Love You, Have You Never Been Mellow, Physical etc, moving to the USA, doing films like Grease, Xanadu and Two Of A Kind, working with people like Sir Cliff Richard, Bruce Welch, John Farrar who is married to pat Carroll, Gene Kelly, John Farnham and many others, her battle with breast cancer in 1992 which she survived it as well as having it in 2013 and just last year, her marriages to matt Latinzi which they have an daughter Chloe, the disappearance of her partner Patrick in 2006, her current marriage to John, her charity work

Christopher Robin

I went to the South Bank Cinema this afternoon to see the movie Christopher Robin. Christopher Robin(Orton O'Brien) is off to boarding school which Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Rabbit, Eeyore, Roo, Owl and Kanga throw an farewell party for him, goes to boarding school which sadly his father passes away, is an successful businessman played by Ewan McGregor which is married to Evelyn(Hayley Atwell) with an daughter Madeline (Bronte Carmichael) but is focus on his business that causes him to neglect his family and then Pooh and the gang starts coming back into his life and it gets interesting. It's excellent, very funny and very entertaining with top and excellent acting by Ewan McGregor as well as Orton O'Brien as Christopher Robin, Hayley Atwell as his Evelyn, Bronte Carmichael as Madeline as well as Peter Capaldi, Brad Garrett, Jim Cummings, Toby Jones, Sara Sheen, Nick Mohammed and Sophie Okonedo doing the voices of Rabbit, Eeyore, Winnie the Pooh, Owl, Roo, Piglet