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On Friday October 28th I went to kedron Wavell Services Club to see Legendary American singer Taylor Dayne which i've known her music since the 90's and was so looking forward to see her live which it was my first time seeing her. the show started around 8pm with support act Andrew Lawson who had been on the X Factor starting which he did an excellent set doing mixture of covers and originals and he was just excellent which he was on for about half an hour and also he had cd's on sale at the first break. I met Andrew which i got an autograph and an photo and I spoke with an man who showed me an picture of him and Belinda Carlisle taken outside @ kedron Wavell back in february. Taylor Dayne came on around 9pm and was on for over an hour and an bit which she was just FANTASTIC singing great doing most of the famous hits that she made back in the 80's and 90's as well as having an very good sense of humor and also the 2 back up girl singers were just FANTASTIC too sing...

On Saturday I went to the Balmoral Cinema to see the documentary George Harrison Living In the Material World. in this documentary it talks about George Harrison's upbringing in Liverpool, joining the Quarrymen who would become the Beatles, Beatlemania success, his travels to india, the Indian culture influence in his music, his relevance and importance as an member of the Beatles, as well as his solo career after the Beatles, his friendship with Indian musician Ravi Shankar, launching Hand Made Records in the 80's, the attempt on his life in 1999 when he was stabbed and hsi sad death on November 29th 2001 and others. it's an BRILLIANT, IMPRESSIVE and an AWESOME documentary with archival interviews with George Harrison as well as interviews with people like his Brothers Peter and Harry, surviving Beatles members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Astrid Kirchherr an photographer who knew them in Hamburg,germany in the early 60's,Klaus Voorman, Eric Clapton, Pattie Boyd(g...

On Friday night I went to the Mt gravatt Bowls Club to see the Legendary Australian singing group the Delltones and it's been more than an year and an half since I last saw them @ kedron Wavell Services Club on friday April 9th 2010. it's been 8 months since I was last @ Mt Gravatt Bowls CLub when I saw Australian country singer Sara Storer on thursday February 17th this year and there has been an change in the line up of the Delltones is that Danny Mayers who had been with them from 1981-85 and 1995-2011 has left the group to do his solo career. the show started @ 8.25pm with the four piece line of Woody,Owen, Merv and Pee Wee coming on stage which they did the unplugged set for the first set which they did stuff like I Wonder Why, Book Of Love, Why Do Fools Fall in Love etc and during the interval I bought the Delltones 1995 album "The Sunshine Club" which i had an talk with Carla about the latest projects for the group, Pee Wee's book and Wintersun. The guys ca...

on Saturday October 15th me and my Mum Cath went to the Redlands Performing Arts Center to see legendary Australian singer Little Pattie. it was my first time being at the Redlands Performing Arts Center but have heard about it and it's an great place with an very good atmopshere. It's my 6th time seeing Little Pattie live and 2nd time this year as I saw her @ the Southern Gold Coast Pure Gold Stage in Coolangatta during Cooly Rocks On on Sunday June 12th this year and it was the 2nd time me and Mum have seen Little Pattie live which the first was @ Twin Towns on Sunday June 12th 2005 with Col Joye during Wintersun 2005. Me and Mum caught the train from Cannon Hill at 12.40pm to Cleveland and walked to the RPAC where i had an coke to drink as well as going inside. Little Pattie came on @ 2pm with her husband Laurie Thompson on drums and ray Aldridge on piano and was on stage for an hour and an half doing pop/rock songs, ballads, standards, country stuff and of course her 2 fa...

Just 3 weeks ago the acoustic album the Acoustic Chapel Sessions by legendary Australian singer John Farnham was released. the recording of this album was recorded at chapel off Chapel in Melbourne in july and the songs on this album are his famous stuff from the 80's & 90's including Playing To Win, you're the Voice, Pressure Down, Chain Reaction, that's Freedom and others in an acoustic mode and there is an DVD which has 8 songs as well as interviews with john Farnham, Glenn Wheatley (manager), the musicians and road crew as well as behind the scenes footage. it's an EXCELLENT and VERY Good album with Farnham still in great voice as always and the songs are just BRILLIANT stripped down in the acoustic mode which sounds as great anyway as well as stunning. this album is produced by Ross Fraser, engineered and mixed by Doug Brady, Ern Rose did the OB Recording and Audio Assistant is Damien Maunders. It's an must for any John Farnham fan and it's just we...

On Saturday October 8th i went to the Morningside Services Club to see the Johnny Cash Tribute Show which was put together by lori Lee cash who runs rockabily shows around Brisbane. this show has been going since 2004 which had been in the valley and when i saw on the Internet that it was going to be @ the morningside Services Club i was so glad that it was going to be there as it's close to home for me anyway. the show started @ 8.30pm with Mean Eyed Cats with Dan Dualtones, Jon Flynn and Mark Stephens did 2 songs and would be the back up band for the performers of the night and for the first set Junior(the Jim Rockfords), Paddy and Theresa sang 3 or 4 Johnny cash songs which they were Excellent and there was an interval where I bought an juice to drink. in the 2nd set Paulie, CHUCKY and Michael performed an excellent set of Johnny cash which the interesting thing about Chucky's set was that he did'nt know some of the words of the songs which he an piece of paper wit...

On Friday October 7th I went to the South bank Cinema to see the movie Crazy Stupid Love. Cal Weaver (Steve Carrell)gets an shock of his life when his wife of 25 years Emily(julianne Moore) wants an divorce after telling him that she had an affair with David Lindhagen an co worker played by Kevin Bacon. Cal goes to an single's bar to drown his sorrows and talking loudly about his divorce and it's there where he meets Jacob(Ryan Goslin) who is an ladies man and also teaches Cal how to pick up women as well as changing his image which he takes him shopping outfitting with a new wardrobe and also teaches him the art of seduction. Hannah (Emma Stone) is an law student who expects an marriage proposal from Richard (Josh Groban) but actually offers Hannah an job at his law firm which leaves her hurt and disappointed and eventually takes an liking to Jacob having originally rejecting him early and it's gets very interesting in the film. it's an very good and an very funny fil...

the remastered albums of Elvis Presley's first 2 album that he released back in 1956 is out on CD as an double CD. Elvis presley had been recording since 1954 for Sun Records which he released singles like That's Alright mama, I Forgot to Forget to remember, mystery Train, Good Rockin TOnight, , Baby Let's Play house and others and on November 21st 1955 RCA acquired Elvis's Sun contract for $40,000 which was a lot of money back in those days. Elvis ' first recording session with RCA began in nashville on January 10th and 11th 1956 where he would record the song that would launch him on the national and international scene "Heartbreak Hotel" written by Mae Axton as well as the songs that would appear on his very first album and on January 30th and 31st recorded the other songs in New York where he had been doing an appearance on Stage Show hosted by the Dorsey Brothers. the self titled album that also includes 5 of the sun recordings was released on Marc...

On Sunday october 2nd I went to the South bank Cinema to see the movie "Johnny English Reborn" which it's the sequel to the 2003 movie. johnny English(Rowan Atkinson) is in the Mountains of Tibet learning Martial Arts when he's been asked to come back to london to rejoin MI7 and is assigned to go to hong kong with his sidekick Special Agent Tucker (daniel Kaluuya) to stop an group called Fortex from planning to assassinate the Chinese premier and it leads to funny and interesting adventures throughout the movie. it's very good, funny and an wacky film as well as an great laugh with great acting by Rowan Atkinson who is so funny as Johnny English as well as Daniel Kaluuya, Gillian Anderson playing the boss of MI7 Pamela Thornton "Pegasus", Dominic West who plays Simon Ambrose,Rosamund Pike who plays Kate Sumner, Richard Schiff as fisher and others. the screenplay was written by William Davies and Hamish McColl and it's directed by Oliver Parker. I...

On Friday night September 30th I went to see the Whispering jack tribute show @ Carina leagues Club which it was my first time seeing it. i had heard about the show but had never seen it and I remember Sammy Clarke who works @ carina leagues Club telling me about bringing it there when i had my hair shaved for the Shave For A Cure on saturday march 12th this year. the show started with support act name Cliffy who actually performs @ carina Leagues Club did an set of clasic pop/rock hits which he was really good and there was an interval which i had an Apple and Blackcurrant juice to drink. then the Whispering Jack tribute started with Mike Vee who is from Tamworth came on stage which he did an FANTASTIC 2 sets of classic John Farnham songs from the 60's-2000's as well as one of his own songs and everyone was having an great time including myself which during the first set my cousin David sat next to me having an bottle of coke. the band was FANTASTIC including Cliffy on guitar ...