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This morning I saw on Facebook an posting from Len Austin who was from the Brisbane groups Red Caps, The Dominoes, The Planets and the Sounds of Seven that Brian Gagen who played with Len in the Planets passed away yesterday which I shocked to see that. Brian Gagen was born March 7th 1942, started learning to play saxophone at age 6, played in the Rhythm Rockers which was formed in about 1956 with Nev Findlay, Lyle Glenn, Kevin Dent and His brother as they played at the Osborne Hotel in Sandgate and Brian was with the Rhythm Rockers until the winter of 1958 when he joined an rock group called the Hucklebucks who were formed the year before which had Alan Reid, Johnny Pal(Pickering), Rob Richards(Bobby Rich) and John Reid which the 4 of them including Brian were with the Hucklebucks until they left Easter 1959. Brian, Robb, Johnny, John and Rob Tonge formed the Planets which they played their very first show at the Nundah Memorial Hall Friday May 22nd 1959 and it was the start of...

This is from the Telegraph April 1st 1961 and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which among their disc jockeys was Bill Gates who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing record hops around including the O'Connor Boathouse as well as lunch time record hops at the City Hall was on the air at 9am, 4pm, 6.30pm and 7.15pm.

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema Chermside with my friend Billy where I saw The Day The Earth Blew Up A Looney Tunes Movie. A Scientist see an Asteroid coming towards Earth as UFO but disappears and Daffy Duck and Porky Pig being raised by an farmer named Jim and had to get money to save their house as they failed an house inspection which they get work but got fired due to Daffy's antics and they come across Petunia Pig who works at Goodie Gum as an scientist which offers them work which they accept it and then Daffy discovers the scientist pouring green goo into the gum which people are turning into Zombies as well as there is an Invader contaminating the gum which also turns into an monster and it's up to Daffy, Pork and Petunia to stop them which gets interesting. It is excellent, very funny and very entertaining with excellent acting by Eric Bauza, Candi Milo and Peter MacNicol and it is directed by Peter Browngardt who was also one of the writers as well. It i...

This is from the Telegraph March 30th 1962 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which among their disc jockeys were Ron Burton who was on Saturday from 8.30 until 8.45 doing Brandon's Billboard, Bill O'Brien at 8.45 until 9.30 doing Spin Along, Cream of The Crop from 10 until 10.30 and Easy Beat from 11 until 11.30 and Ray Rumble with Teenage Canteen at 9.30 until 10 and Checking the Charts from 10.30 until 11.

This is the new album by the Tierney Brothers who are Mike and Andrew Tierney who are from the iconic Australian singing group Human Nature and the songs on the album are all written by Mike and Andrew which 7 with James Guddo including the title track, Lemonade and Praying. It is an excellent album with great songs and great singing by Mike and Andrew who are currently on tour in Australia which they will be on the Gold Coast on April 8th at the Gold Coast Convention Centre and Brisbane on April 9th at the Brisbane Convention Centre which Mike and Andrew as the Tierney Brothers are the support act as well as doing shows themselves in Las vegas in May, 2 NSW shows and 1 Victoria show in August. This is an must for Human Nature fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

This is the new album by Australian children's group the Wiggles and this was recorded at Hot Potato Studios in Sydney which among the country acts they collaborated with were Dolly Parton, Troy Casser-Daley, Lucky Oceans, The Wolfe Brothers and Slim Dusty which some of the songs written by Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, John Pearce,Aaron Schermbi and Nick Webb as well as remake of songs like Counting 1 to 5 (9 to 5) and The Hokey Pokey. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC songs and an great collaboration with the Wiggles and the country acts on the album who works very well. The album has gone to number 40 on the Australia and the Wiggles with original member Anthony Field as well as his daughter Lucia are currently touring Australia at the moment which will include Brisbane next week with 3 shows on Thursday and Friday as well as the Saturday and Sunday shows being sold out as well as touring the USA and Canada and the UK during the year. This is an must for Wiggle...