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The Devil Wears Prada 2

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema Carindale to see the movie The Devil Wears Prada 2 which it's the sequel to the Devil Wears Prada that was out 20 years ago, Andy Sacks(anne Hathaway) who is now a journalist for the New York Vanguard loses her job during an awards ceremony by a text and returns to Runway which she is hired by Irv Ravitz(Tibor Feldman) who is the chairman of Runway as well as the owner of ELias Clarke Publishing House while Miranda (Meryl Streep) is under fire and Andy, Miranda and Nigel (Stanley Tucci) go to Dior where they encounter ex Runway staff member Emily (Emily Blunt). Andy is writing articles for Runway which she wants to interview Sasha Barnes(Lucy Liu) who was the wife of Benji(Justin Therox) who is going out with Emily which she does the interview and also Andy gets friendly with Peter(Patrick Bramall) and also Irv's son Jay(B.J Novak) takes over when Irv passes away which he wants to make changes and Nigel, Miranda and Andy go to Milan f...
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4IP May 1968

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This is from the Queensland Times Ipswich May 3rd 1968 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 60's which it was originally based in Ipswich for many years before making an impact in Brisbane and besides from being a music station it also promoted shows which on May 8th 1968 there was a show at the Wintergarden Theatre in Ipswich called Clark Shoes Groovy World from 10.30am until 12pm with Brisbane acts The Avengers, the Escort, Jon Blanchfield, Tony Worsley and the Swinging Sound Guys.
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4BK May 1984

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This is from the Telegraph May 1st 1984 and until 1990 until it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1980's which it was always a music station as well as doing sports as well and the music they were playing at the time weew the easy listening hits of the 1980's as well as songs of the 60's and 70's.
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Power To The People John & Yoko Live in NYC

Tonight I went to the Dendy Cinema Coorparoo where I saw the concert movie Power To The People John & Yoko Live In NYC. On August 30th 1972 John Lennon and Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory and Special Guest peformed 2 shows at New York's Madison Square Garden to a combined audience of 40,000 people to raise money for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities which was over 1.5 miliion dollars and it was the only full length concert that John with Yoko peformed after the Beatles broke up and it was originally filmed by Steve Gebhart who was a multi camera Director and it is now restored, re-edited and remixed. Among the songs the was performed at the show were Mother, Imagine, Born In Prison, Come Together and Give Peace A Chance which Stevie Wonder, Melanie, Phil Spector and others came on stage which they were backed by Elephant's Memory as well as Jim Keltner on drums. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with great music and an great sound and ...
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Even The Good Girls Will Cry Melissa Auf der Maur

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This is the memoir of Canadian musician and member of the American band Hole Melissa Auf Der Maur and in the book she talks about her upbringing in Monteal Canada, going overseas trip for a year with her mother, taking an interest in photography, played in a band called Tinker, joining the American female rock band Hole in 1994 which she was on 1 album Celebrity Skin as well as the hit singles including Malibu as she was with them until 1990, playing with the Smashing Pumpkins, working with Marilyn Manson, Sinead O'Connor, Sonic Youth and many others. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth a read. Melissa is doing a conversation with Lisa Christiansen at the Vancouver Writers Festival tomorrow and in Philadelphia with Alex Auder on May 7th and she is having a exhibition of her photos in the 90's decade happening in September in Ontario Canada. This is a must for 90's music f...
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Michael

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema in Carindale where I saw the movie Michael which it's about the iconic American singer Michael Jackson. It's 1966 in Gary Indiana 8 year old Michael Jackson(Juliano Krue Valdi/Jaafar Jackson) is rehearsing with his brothers who would become the Jackson 5 as well as starting to play gigs including an performance supporting Gladys Knight and the Pips their father Joe (Colman Domingo) meets Suzanne De Passe (Laura Harrier) who works for Motown Records that would the Jackson 5 to record for the label and would achiving success with I Want You Back, ABC and I'll Be There which alos leads the Jackson Family includign their mother Katherine (Nia Long) moving to California and in the late 70's Michael wants to do a solo album working with Quincy Jones which turns out to be Off The Wall despite Joseph holding him back and after the success Off The Wall Michael hires a new attorney name John Branca (Miles Teller) who has Joseph fired by ...
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4BC April 1967

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This is from the Telegraph April 25th 1967 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 60's which among their disc jockeys was Johnny James who had been with the station since the 1950's did the Breakfast Show every day from 5.30am to 9am
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