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Mufasa The Lion King

This afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema at Coorparoo where I saw the movie Mufasa The Lion King. Mafusa (Aaron Pierre) came from an family of lions with his parents Masego and Afa which he got washed when an flood hits and is saved by Taka who is an cub when he is targeted by an crocodile and he is adopted by Eshe and obasi who is reluctant about Maufasa. Taka and Mufasa formed an bond and then they leave the land as the leader of the white lion pride The Outsiders King Kiros swear vengeance after Mufasa killed one of the white lions and on the journey to Milele they meet Sarabi, Zarzu an hornbill and Rifiki an mandrill and then it gets interesting. It is AMAZING and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC acting by Aaron Pierre, Blue Ivy Carter, Beyonce, Donald Glover, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Seth Rogan, John Kani, Billy Eichner and Tiffany Boone and the music is FANTASTIC. It is directed by Barry Jenkins and produced by Adele Romanski and Mark Ceryak and it is hard to believe that it has been 30 ye...
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Country and Western Meets Rhythm and Blues Ray Charles

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in 1965 American soul singer Ray Charles released the album Together Again aka Country and Western Meets Rhythm and Blues which went to number 116 in the USA pop charts and it was recorded at his own studio at RPM International Studio in Los Angeles which was produced by Sid Feller who had produced Ray's music since 1960 when he joined ABC Paramount as well as being his last album he produced as Joe Adams who would be his manager became the producer as well. The album is now out on CD and the tracks on it are the original tracks that was on the album including the title track which was originally an Buck Owens song as well as being the hit for Ray in 1966 going to number 19 in the USA pop charts, number 1 in the USA Adult Contemporary chart and number 10 in the USA R&B Charts, his verison of Blue Moon Of Kentucky, 3 more Buck Owens songs as well as an song Ray wrote called Please Forgive and Forget with the Raelets and The Jack Halloran Singers doing the backing with Bones Ho...
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4IP December 1973

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This is from the Telegraph December 21st 1973 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's top radio stations at the time in the 70's which they use to promote shows as well as playing the music which on Christmas Eve 4IP along with Pacesetters promoted an show at Lennon's Plaza on Queen Street with Brisbane group Leroy that including Mick Hadley playing on the 30th floor at the Talk Of The Town and on the 5th floor at the Lennon's Plaza Railroad Gin with Carol Lloyd performed there as well as 4IP Personalities appeared there.
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4BH December 1972

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This is from the Telegraph December 20th 1972 and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 70's which they did the Christmas Carols Festival at King George Square at that time which on this night 52 years ago with John(Johnny) Farnham performing there along with British entertainer Harry Secombe and Russ Walkington who was one of the personalities at 4BH at the time was the compere.
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4BC December 1969

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This is from the Telegraph December 19th 1969 and now the talk back station as it's the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of the very popular radio stations in Brisbane at the time back in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were Graeme Smith who was on from 5am until 9am, Johnny James from 9am until 11am, Bert 'Bird Brain" Robertson from 11am until 1pm, Greg Jeffrey from 1pm until 4pm, Mike Ahern from 4pm until 8pm, Ronnie Sparks from 8pm until midnight and from midnight to 5am Grant Goldman and the sports radio personalities on 4BC were Vince Curry, Wayne Wilson and John Davidson.
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The Radiators Queensland Shows January 2025

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In January 2025 legendary Australian rock band The Radiators will be performing 3 shows in Queensland during the Australia Day weekend and the band with original members Geoff Turner on bass guitar and lead singer Brian Nicol since 1978 along with Mark Lucas on drums since 1989 and Martin Cilia who is from the Atlantics and Mental As Anything on guitar since 2021 will perform the band's classic hits including Comin Home, No Tragedy, Life's A Gamble and many others. If you would like to see them please do yourselves an favour and SEE THEM which you will be impressed and amazed as well as be entertained by an legendary Australian band as it will bring back memories who grew up in the 70's and the 80's in the era of Countdown as well as the pub rock era too and for people who have discovered their music for the first time it will be an experience. Queensland Dates- Jan Bone Idol Toowoomba January 24th The Lou Lou Room Wynnum January 25th Cooly Hotel Coolangatta Janua...
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4BK December 1964

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This is from the Telegraph December 18th 1964 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were Ron Giles who was on Monday to Friday from 1.30pm until 3.30pm with Dial A Disc, Bill O'Brien who did his own show The Bill O'Brien Show from 3.30pm until 5.30pm and Nevil Gray did Music For Young Brisbane from 5.30pm until 9pm and also it was the holiday season at that time there was an show called Music Light and Bright that was on Monday to Thursday from 8.30am until 11am which also included Tide Times, Surf Reports, Weather Information and First Aid Hints.
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