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This is from the Telegraph December 11th 1954 and long before known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as being an country music station in the 80's 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 50's which they did music back then as their shows on Saturday night were Saturday Night Barbecue at 7.30pm, Follies Parade at 8pm, 4KQ Hit Parade at 8.30pm and Night Owl's Club at 9pm.

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema Carindale to see the movie Nuremberg. It's May 7th 1945 the before the war ends in Europe Hermann Goring (Russell Crowe) who had been Hitler's second in command as well as the notorious former Reichsmarschall along with his family surrenders to the American troops in Austria and Dr Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek) has been assigned to access the mental state of Goring and the other Nazi officials while Justice Robert Jackson(Michael Shannon) is at the task of creating an interntional tribunial which it happens in Numremberg with the press coming while Kelley gets to know his patients including Goring and it gets interesting with the happening. It is Sad, Amazing, Fantastic and Superb with Amazing acting by Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, Richard E Grant, Leo Woodall, John Slattery and Colin Hanks and directed by James Vanderbilt who also did the screenplay and was also one of the producers with Richard Saperstein, Bradley...

These are from the Telegraph December 10th 1970 and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 70's which among their personalities was Michelle (Mitch) O'Driscoll who was on Monday to Thursday at 6pm and on Sunday at 7.30pm and the news readers were Johnny James, John Treacy, Murray Dickson and Lance Broughton which they would get people to phone their news tips to the newsman.

This is the autobiography of legendary Welsh actor Sir Anthony Hopkins and in the book he talks about his upbringing in Port Talbot in Wales, served in the Army, doing plays including Major Barbara, The Playboy of The Western World and Three Sisters, doing movies including The Lion In Winter, When Eight Bells Toll, A Bridge Too Far, The Elephant Man, Silence of The Lambs which he won the Oscar, Nixon, Remains Of The Day and The Father which he won 2nd Oscar, his 3 marriages, his issues with Alcohol, encounters with Laurence Oliver, Richard Burton, Katharine Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Jodie Foster, Richard Attenborough, Oliver Stone and many others. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB as AMAZING and BRILLIANT stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining and it is well worth a read. Anthony Hopkins has 3 movies coming up with Eyes In the Trees, Wife & Dog and Maserati the Brothers and this is an must for Anthony Hopkins fans as well as movie fans which I give it 4 and...

This is from the Telegraph December 9th 1964 and this was the 4BK Top 10 with Elvis Presley at number 1 with Ask Me along with a song that was recorded in 1958 but never released until 1964 Ain't Loving You Baby, Jay and the Americans at number 2 with Come A Little Bit Closer, The Searchers at number 3 with their version of the Jackie De Shannon song When You Walk In The Room which it was the first recording with bass player Frank Allen who replaced original member Tony Jackson, Billy Thorpe (from Moorooka) and the Aztecs at number 4 with their version of the Fats Domino song Sick and Tired with About Love which was a cover of The Hollywood Argyles song, Cliff Richard who was recently in Brisbane was at number 5 with his version of the Johnny Mathis song The Twelfth Of Never, Jimmy Rodgers at number 6 with Someplace Green, Lorne Greene who was on the TV shoe Bonanza was at number 7 with Ringo, Julie Rogers at number 8 with the Wedding which was a cover of a Spanish song called La...

This is the memoir of American musician and member of the legendary American rock band The Lemonheads Evan Dando and in the book he talks about upbringing in Essex Massachusetts, moving to Boston at age 9, his parents divorce, started playing guitar at age 10/11, meeting Ben Deily and Jesse Peretz at Commonwealth School, formed the band the Whelps before becoming the Lemonheads who would achieve great success with their version of the Simon & Garfunkel song Mrs Robinson as well as albums including It's A Shame About Ray and Come On Feel The Lemonheads, his issues with drugs, encounters with people including Kurt Cobain, The Ramones, Ozzy Osbourne and Mudhoney, playing with the Blake Babies and many others. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with AMAZING and FANTASTIC stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining and it is well worth a read. The Lemonhead are currently doing in the US this month and shows in the UK in 2026 so let's hope for an Australian tour one da...