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This is the autobiography of legendary American country singer Randy Travis and in this books he talks about his upbringing in North Carolina, started guitar lessons at age 9, worked in Country City USA, made his first record She's My Woman which was an minor hit, worked in Nashville, achieving great success with 1982 and the Storms of Life album in 1986 as well as have more successful hits singles and albums, working with people like Clint Eastwood, The Judds, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Andy Griffiths, BB King, Alan Jackson, Trisha Yearwood and others, his marriage break up as well as his finances had unraveled, problems with alcohol, an major stroke in 2013 and others. It's an FANTASTIC and an BRILLIANT book with superb stories as well as very entertaining and impressive. This book is co written with Ken Abraham who is an New York Times best selling author who has done collaborations with other well known figures. Randy still makes public appearances but cannot sing . Thi...

This is the new compilation that has recordings by Australian acts in the 70's and 80's on the Fable, Image, Bootleg and Avenue Records which it's the follow up to the first CD that was out last year and it has the recordings by the Mixtures, Jimmy Hannah, The Strangers, Normie Rowe, Colleen Hewett, Bobby and Laurie, Jimmy and the Boys, Bill and Boyd, Brian Cadd and others. It's Fantastic, Brilliant and Superb with Fantastic and Brilliant songs that has stood the test of time and still sounds great today. It's very well put together with Warren Barnett doing the mastering and it's great to see those songs on CD. it's an must for Australian music of the 70's and 80's and I give it 5 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will love it.

This is the new compilation double CD by legendary Australian rock group the Screaming Jets and in this double CD it has the hits like Better, C'mon, Shine On, Helping Hands and others from 1990-2016. It's AWESOME, Brilliant and Superb with great rockin songs which still sounds great after all these years and it holds up very well. The group are still around with original founding members lead singer Dave Gleeson and bass guitarist Paul Woseen and are currently on tour celebrating 30 years when they started which this week are doing Queensland shows up till next weekend. This is an must for Screaming Jets fans and I give it 5 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you'll love it as I'm sure it bring back memories for those who grew up in the 90's when this band were on the scene.

On Friday night I went to the Balmoral cinema to see the new version of Aladdin. Aladdin (Mena Massoud) an street urchin living in the desert with his pet monkey Abu rescues Princess Jasmine of Agrabah(Naomi Scott) who sneaks out of the palace and growing tired of an sheltered life and she does not tell him who she is pretending to be an handmaiden for the Princess. Jafar (Marwan Kenzari) is tired of being second best is planning to depose The Sultan (Navid Negahba) as ruler of Agrabah. Aladdin while trapped in an cave finds an magic lamp which the Genie (Will Smith) comes out and grants Aladdin 3 wishes which the first one was to make him an prince to impress the Princess and it gets interesting. it's FANTASTIC, very funny and very entertaining with great acting by Will Smith, Naomi Scott, Mena Massoud, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahba and Nasim Pedrad. Guy Ritchie directed it as well as doing the screenplay with John August and producers were Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich. I am givi...

This afternoon I went to South Bank Cinema where I saw The Hustle. Penny Rust (Rebel Wilson) and Josephine Chesterfield(Anne Hathaway) meet on an train going to the French Rivera which they are con artist to swindle men and they were against each other initially but Penny asks Josephine to teach her how to con the way she does. It works at first but then they compete to trick an rich tech wiz named Thomas Westerberg(Alex Sharp) and it gets interesting. It's excellent, very wacky, very funny and very entertaining with great acting by Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson, Alex Sharp, Ingrid Oliver and Dean Norris. It's directed by Chris Addison and produced by Rebel Wilson and Roger Birnbaum. It is well worth seeing and it's an great laugh. I give this 4 stars and it's in the cinemas now so do yourselves an favour and see it which you'll be entertained.

This is the memoir of American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco and in this book she talks about her upbringing in Buffalo New York, getting her first guitar, playing with her guitar teacher Michael Meldrum doing Beatles songs as well as busking, starting to write songs at an young age, playing in small clubs and festivals, made her first album at 18, starting her own record company called Righteous Babe Records, working with people like Pete Seeger, Utah Phillips, Maceo Parker, social and political activities and others. It's an fantastic and excellent book with great and impressive stories as well as enjoyable and entertaining to read. Ani is still recording and touring as she is currently on the road around America at the moment. This is an must for 90's and 2000s music fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you'll be impressed.

This is the autobiography of American musician Jay DeMarcus who is an member of the American country group Rascal Flatts and in this book he talks about his upbringing in Ohio, his parents being divorced twice, learning to play music at an young age, playing music in the church, forming an group called East and West, his faith in God and many others. It's very good, impressive and excellent with great stories which it's entertaining and inspiring. Jay still performs with Rascal Flatts and this book is an must for country music fans which 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.

This is the second book written by Paul Stanley guitarist and founding member of the legendary American rock band KISS. In this book he talks about how to balance family, music, the music business which everyone knows it's an tough business as well as relationships as well as confronting the past and many others. It's am BRILLIANT, FANTASTIC and SUPERB with fascinating, impressive and brilliant stories told by Paul and also entertaining too. Paul is on the road with KISS who are doing an farewell tour including Australia later in the year. This book is an must for KISS Fans as well as any up and coming musicians who are wanting to start in the music business read this and you will learn how to deal with it. I give it 5 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which will be amazed and impressed.

On Saturday night I went to Easts Leagues Club to see the Gold Dust Woman show which it's an tribute to both Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac as it's my first seeing it but my third time seeing the singer Joanne Elbers. Dad took me to Easts Leagues Club, had Veal Parmaginia , chips and salad for dinner, drank Coke Zero, had Chocolate Diane and Ice Cream for desert, did writing and drank water. The show started after 8pm which started the first set with Edge of Seventeen and then the rest of the set doing Fleetwood Mac classic hits from the 70's and 80's with Joanne doing the Stevie lead vocals as well as Scott Whatman doing the Lindsey Buckingham lead vocals and Billie-Lee MacFarlane doing the Christine McVie lead vocals as well as Joanne telling the info about the songs and there was an interval where I had an coke zero to drink and did writing. Then the second set had the Stevie Nicks solo hits as well as the 2 songs she sang back up on as well as some Fleetwood Mac a...

On Friday I went to Kedron Wavell to see Queen tribute Killer Queen which it's my 5th time seeing them. Dad took me to Cannon Hill, drank coke Zero, caught bus, got off @ Chermside and walk to Kedron Wavell. Went to Café, rang home, had Nachos for dinner which took 40 minutes to come, drank Coke, ate Brownie Sundae, went to Blue Pacific Room, which I saw Paula and took photos. The show started @ 8pm with Killer Queen coming on stage which started off with We Will Rock You and going through the first half doing the classic Queen songs including an ballad Save Me as well as the piano player playing acoustic guitar on Crazy Little Thing Called Love as well as John getting the crowd to sing along to the songs. There was an interval which I had an coke Zero to drink and in the second set doing more classic Queen songs including Love Of My Love with John and the lead guitarist playing acoustic guitar as well as wearing an wig doing I Want to Break Free which some ladies come to the fro...

I went to the Balmoral Cinema this morning to see the movie Poms. Martha (Diane Keaton) has moved into the Sun Spring retirement Village where she meets Sheryl (Jackie Weaver) and along with Alice(Rhea Perlman), Helen(Phyllis Somerville), Olive(Pam Grier), Evelyn (Ginny McColl), Phyllis(Patricia French) and Ruby (Carol Sutton) to form an cheerleading squad despite some reservations about their ages and with the help of Chloe (Alisha Boe) they start to shape up and it starts to get interesting. It's FANTASTIC, very funny, very witty and very entertaining with great acting by Diane Keaton, Jackie Weaver, Pam Grier, Rhea Perlman, Phyllis Sommerville, Ginny McColl, Patricia French, Carol Sutton, Celia Weston, Alisha Boe, Charlie Tahan and Bruce McGill. It's directed by Zara Hayes who also did the story with Shane Atkinson and producers were Rose Ganguzza, Celyn Jones, Sean Marley, Kelly McCormick, Ade Shannon and Andy Evans. It's an feel good comedy and well worth seeing ...

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema to see the Australian movie Top End Wedding. Lauren(Miranda Tapsell) and Ned(Gwilym Lee) who are engaged and want to get married 10 days go up to Darwin to have the wedding with her family but when they arrived they see her father (Huw Higginson) and they found out that their mother have gone AWOL somewhere in northern Australia so it's up to Lauren and Ned to look for her while her boss Hampton(Kerry Fox) help organizes the wedding and it gets interesting. It's FANTASTIC, very funny and very entertaining with FANTASTIC acting by Miranda Tapsell who also co wrote the film and executive producer, Gwilym Lee, Tracy Mann who plays Ned's Mother, Kerry Fox, Huw Higginson, Shari Sebbens and Ursula Yovich. It's directed by Wayne Blair and produced by Rosemary Blight, Kate Croser and Kylie Du Frense. This is an very fine Australian movie and it is well worth seeing. I am giving this 4 stars as it's in the cinemas now so do yours...

On Thursday night I went to the QPAC Concert Hall to see the Go Show Gold an tribute to the Australian music show the Go Show and it was my 4th time seeing the show which has an lot of great acts of Australian music from the 60's and 70's. Dad took me to Cannon Hill, caught bus to South Bank, went to Cactus Republic where I had Pork nachos for dinner, went to QPAC where I saw Pauline, Maryanne Hambrecht(Ex St Andrews) and her husband, Tyler with his dad, took bag to the cloak area, saw Anne Worsley(Tony's wife), Maggie, Lorraine and Leanne as well as meeting Ellie the wife of Steve of the Beatlegs who passed away recently, went inside and spoke to an lady next to me while on the screen had great clips of Australian acts. The show started at about 8pm with the clips of the acts appearing on the show and Johnny Young came on the stage doing his double sided hit from 1966 as well as introducing the acts which the first came on was Issi Dye which Dream Lover the Bobby Darin h...

This is the autobiography of legendary Australian singer John Paul Young and in this book he talks about his childhood in Glasgow Scotland, emigrating to Australia in the 1962 where he and his family settled in Sydney, playing in an band called Elm Tree, had his first hit with Pasendena, doing the musical Jesus Christ Superstar, having the success throughout the 70's with Yesterday's Hero, I hate The Music, Standing In the Rain, Love Is In The Air and many others, working with Harry Vanda, George Young, Molly Meldrum, Ted Mulry, Sherbet, Stevie Wright, Ricky May and many others. It's an BRILLIANT, FANTASTIC and SUPERB book with FANTASTIC, very funny, very entertaining and impressive stories and It's been an long way to the top from Glasgow Scotland to Countdown to Love Is In the Air and now and it's an great to see someone from the golden era of Australian music to tell his side of the story which you will be impressed indeed and also Molly Meldrum does the forewo...

This is the autobiography of Australian entertainment reporter Craig Bennett and in this book he talks about doing his first TV appearance on the Don Lane Show, working for the Daily Mirror and Daily Telegraph as an copy boy before becoming an cadet journalist, living in America, rubbing shoulders with people like Jeannie Little, Rowena Wallace, Sammy Davis Jnr, Bernard King, Barry Crocker, Angela Lansbury, Helen Reddy, Janet Leigh and many others. It's an FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and an SUPERB book with very entertaining and AWESOME stories as well as outrageous and impressive. Craig does Studio Ten on Channel 10 every morning. This is an must for Australian TV fans and I am giving this 5 stars as it's in the shops now do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed.