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4BC February 1964

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This is from the Telegraph February 19th 1964 and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's top music radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who had been with the station since the late 50's was doing the Top 40 Go Show on Monday to Friday from 4pm until 7pm playing the latest records that was out at the time as well as hosting the QTQ 9 music show Teen Beat.

Man On The Run

Tonight I went to the Dendy Cinema in Coorparoo to see the documentary movie about iconic musician Paul McCartney with Wings and talks about the break up of the Beatles, his marriage to Linda Eastman which they would have 3 children as adopting Linda's daughter Heather, releasing his first 2 solo albums McCartney and Ram, forming Wings in 1971 with Linda , Denny Laine, Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell who would achieve the great success throughout the 70's with albums including Band On The Run and Back To The Egg as well as the hits including My Love, Mary Had A Little Lamb, the line up changes, touring the world and many others as well as besides from Paul McCartney interviews with Mick Jagger, his brother Michael McCartney, surviving Wings members including Denny Seiwell, Steve Holley and Laurence Juber, 2 of Paul's daughters Mary and Stella and archival interviews with Linda, Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch and Henry McCullough. It is AMAZING, AWESOME and BRILLIANT with...

4BK February 1962

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This is from the Sudnay Mail February 18th 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 the shows that was on Sundays were from 9.15am-1pm 4BK DJ Parade with Bill O'Brien which included the Riley Williams Show that was on from 9.30am until 10am, from 6.30pm until 7pm The Queensland Hit Parade with Bill O'Brien, at 7pm Queensland Radio News Service , at 7.30pm the Minstrel Show and at 8pm Mystery Theatre One Hour Play which was 12 Men Dead

4IP February 1969

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This is from the Sunday Truth February 16th 1969 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP having originally based in Ipswich was one of Brisbane's top radio stations at the time in the late 60's which among their disc jockeys was Tony MacArthur who had been with 4BC throughout the 60's until 1967 and went to London where he worked on Radio Luxembourg which was on 4IP Sunday nights from 6pm for 2 hours and Monday to Friday for 2 hours from 7pm live from London.

Wuthering Heights

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This afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema Coorparoo to see the movie Wuthering Heights. Catherine Earnshaw(Margot Robbie) who lives with her abrasive father Mr Earnshaw(Martin Clunes) encounters an young boy who was rescued off the streets of Liverpool who is called Heathcliff(Jacob Elordi) that is named after Catherine's brother who passed away and they are inseperable as well as protective of each other which 6 years later Cathy plans to court Edgar Linton (Shazad Latif) which she does eventually leading Heathcliff to ride off in the sunset and Cathy longs for him to return which he does clean shaven and short haired but is angry with Cathy for marrying Edagr and he marries Isabella (Alison Linton) just to make her jealous which gets interesting. It is Amazing, Brilliant and SUPERB with Top, Brilliant and FANTASTIC acting by Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, Martin Clunes, Shazad Latif, Alison Linton and Hong Chau and it's directed by Emerald Fennell who also the screenplay and p...

Live At Wembley 1995 Van Halen

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On June 24th 1995 iconic American rock band Van Halen which had at the time Sammy Hagar on lead vocals were performing at the Wembley Stadium as part of their Balance tour as they had an album called Balance at that time and that performance was recorded which it is now out on CD. On the live recording perform their hits including Jump and You Really Got Me well as rear live recordings of The Seventh Seal and Feelin. It is FANTASTIC and ROCKIN with FANTASTIC songs with great playing by the guys and also sounded great too. Van Halen ended 6 years after the passing of member Eddie Van Halen but the music is still around and great to see stuff like this come out. This is a must for Van Halen fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves a favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

Here I Am Dolly Parton

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This is the 2019 documentary about legendary American country singer Dolly Parton which it's out on DVD and on it she talks about her career including going to Nashville in 1964, having her first country hit in 1966 with Dumb, meeting Carl Dean who would become her Husband, working with Porter Wagoner, having success on the pop charts as well as country with Jolene and Here You Go Again and movies including 9 to 5 as well as interviews with Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Kylie Minogue, Mac Davis, Jerry Douglas and many others. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with AMAZING and Impressive stories and it is well worth watching. Dolly has just released a new version of her song Light Of A Clear Blue Morning with Reba McEntire, Miley Cyrus, Lainey Wilson and Queen Latifah and this is a must for Dolly Parton as well as country music fans which I give it 4 stars as it is in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.