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This is from the Telegraph July 29th 1960 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 early 60's which among their disc jockeys were Johnny James and Geoff Atkinson who were a big part of the station's success throughout the 60's were on Sundays doing the 70 Top Tunes Of The Day playing the records that was out at the time.

This is from the Telegraph July 27th 1973 and long before known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as for a time in the 80's as a country music station 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 70's which they were known as the Better Music Station as well as More News which among their radio personalities was Ian Skippen who was on Monday to Friday from 5am until 9am with Traffic,SKy Watch, Ooo Dunit, Time Calls and ABC at 6.45am and 7.45am and also was interviewed by Murray Shoring on the final night of broadcast when it ended Thursday June 30th 2022 talking about his time there.

This is from the Telegraph July 27th 1973 and this was the 4BC Top 30 charts with Col Joye at number 1 with Heaven Is My Woman's Love, Jud Strunk at number 2 with Daisy A Day, Wings which had Paul McCartney at number 3 with My Love and Dawn with Tony Orlando at number 4 with Tie A Yellow Ribbon. The new entries in the charts that week were Paul Simon at number 25 with Kodachrome, Australian entertainer Barry Crocker at number 28 with his version of the 1958 hit for Robin Luke Susie Darlin and Abigail who was on the iconic Australian soap Number 96 at number 30 with Je T'Aime and besides from Col Joye, Barry Crocker and Abigail the other Australian acts in the charts that week were Jamie Redfern at number 5 with Venus, Linda George at number 15 with her version of the Gladys Knight and the Pips song Neither One Of Us, The Bee Gees at number 16 with Saw A New Morning, Helen Reddy at number 20 with her version of the Tanya Tucker song Delta Dawn and Ross Ryan at number 24 with I ...

This is from the Telegraph July 26th 1958 and now the Classic Hits Station here in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 50's which among their disc jockeys was Bill Gates who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing the record hops in Brisbane at the time was on Sundays doing Platter Chatter at 10am, Tops In Time at 5.30pm and at 6.30pm doing These Were Hits.

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema Carindale to see Moana which it is the live action version. Moana (Catherine Laga'aia) who is the daughter of Motuni's chief Tui (john Tui) and Sina (Frankie Adams) who have been to keep their daughter away from the ocean as to prepare her to become the chief of Island and she wants to try to go beyond the reef to get more fish as well as exploring the ocean as vegetation are getting killed as well as fish catching was shrinking by the blight that was hitting the island but Tui forbids and Moana tries to but could not to being overpowered by the waves and also Moana's grandmother Tala (Rena Owen) shows her a secret place in the cave which was where the yachts were in there were yachts as the people of Motuni until Maui (Dwayne Johnson) stole Ti Fiti's heart which made the ocean no longer safe to go on as the island is getting destroyed be Te Ka's darkness so the only way to get it cured is to Moana to find Maui to get it ba...

This is from the Southside News July 25th 1962 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane in 2026 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 the record hops around Brisbane including O'Connor Boathouse which was in North Quay as well as doing the City Hall in 1959 and 1960 at Lunchtimes was on every day playing the records that was out at the time.

This is the new album by legendary British hard rock band Deep Purple and this was recorded in Nashville, Toronto, Harston in England and Hamburg which the songs on the album are written by the members of the band as well as the 2 additional musicians on the album were Bob Ezrin who also produced the album did background vocals and Keith Urban who played on the song Diablo. It is FANTASTIC, AWESOME and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC and AWESOME songs which they sound great as well as Deep Purple with Ian Gilian, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Don Airey and Simon McBride are still sounding great and playing great which proves just like the Rolling Stones guys in their late 70's early 80's can still do it which they are playing better than ever. It has gone to number 12 in the UK and number 19 in Australia and the band are doing shows throughout the year in Europe, Canada, USA and Latin America and let's hope for an Australian tour one day. This is a must for Deep Purple fans and I giv...

This is the new album by the legendary British rock band the Rolling Stones and it was recorded in Los Angeles at Henson and London at Metropolis between 2019-26 which the songs are mainly written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as well 2 tracks they wrote with Matt Clifford and one with producer Andrew Watt as well as there 2 covers an Amy Winehouse song called You Know I'm No Good and Beautiful Deliah an Chuck Berry song who as everyone knows was an big influence on the Rolling Stones as well as among the other musicians playing on the album including Paul McCartney, Robert Smith from the Cure and Steve Winwood and also Charlie Watts who passed away 5 years ago played on one track. It is AWESOME, ROCKIN and SUPERB with AWESOME songs which it rocks and the Stones with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ron Wood who are still playing and sounding great which they are playing better than ever which proves that guys in their late 70's and early 80's can do it. The album has ...

This is from the Telegraph July 24th 1972 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's top radio stations at the time in the early 70's having been originally based from Ipswich was making inroads in Brisbane as it would be based there for many years as among their disc jockeys was David Greenwood who in 1967 hosted the 2nd and final year of the Brisbane music TV show Countdown as well as working at 4BH for a time in 1968 did the Breakfast show on 4IP with prizes and giveaways.

This is from the Telegraph July 23rd 1959 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 50's having started in 1930 which among their disc jockeys was Malcolm Searle who would become successful on TV with the 300 pound Question on Channel 7 from 1960-63 as well as working on 3AK was on Monday to Friday at 5pm with Five O'Clock Date, Tuesday with The Uncle Toby Show at 12.40pm, Friday morning at 8.30am with Edgell's Housewives Hit Parade, Saturday morning at 9.30am with Tristram's Young Queenslanders Club and Sunday from 9.15am until 2pm with Disc Jockey Parade.

This is from the Sunday Truth July 22nd 1962 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 early 60's which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who had been with the station since 1957 was on Sundays at 9am hosting the Hi Fi Club which was presented by Coca Cola as well as for the Hi Fi Club members there was prizes to win including a trip to the Barrier Reef for 2.

This is from the Telegraph July 21st 1960 and long before known for being the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as for a time in the 80's being a country music station 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which being a music they also did variety as they broadcast shows in the Gold Coast on Friday with the show Gold Coast Coast compered by George Hardman live at the Chevron Skyline Cabaret at 11am, Surfers Paradise Gadabout at 12.45pm, Burleigh Time at 1.15pm and Grand Variety which was recorded at Grand Hotel Southport at 7pm which was compered by Andy Stevens and it was broadcast on Tuesday at 11am.

This is from the Telegraph July 20th 1963 and now the classic hits station in Brisbane in 2026 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which on Sundays it was Music all day from 5am with their disc jockeys Bill Gates who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing the record hops around Brisbane including the O'Connor Boathouse on North Quay, Ben Beckinsale, Barry Matheson, Brian Henderson who was hosting the Australian music TV show Bandstand and John Laws.

This is from the Telegraph July 19th 1963 and this was the 4BH Top 40 charts with Kyu Sakamoto at number 1 with Sukiyaki, Johnny O'Keefe at number 2 with Move Baby Move, Gerry and the Pacemakers at number 3 with the song written by Mitch Murray which was intended for the Beatles How Do You Do It and Perry Como at number 4 with Don't You Forget It. The new entries in the charts that week were Elvis Presley at number 30 with Devil in Disguise,The Essex at number 34 with Easier Than Done, Gerry and the Pacemakers at number 35 with the song also written by Mitch Murray I Like It and Bobby Bare at number 38 and besides from Johnny O'Keefe the other Australian acts in the charts that week were Rob EG at number 9 with Jezebel and Jay Justin at number 26 with Proud Of You.

This afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema Coorparoo to see the movie The Invite. Joe(Seth Rogen) who is a music teacher and wife Angela (Olivia Wilde) who have a daughter Maggie which their marriage is on the rocks as well as planning a dinner party to invite neighbours Pina (Penelope Cruz) and Hawk(Edward Norton) over to their apartment and there is tensions between Angela and Joe as well as the neighbours which gets interesting. It is excellent, very funny and very entertaining with excellent acting by Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde who directed the movie as well, Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton and it is produced by Ben Browning, Megan Ellison and David Permut and the screenplay written by Rashada Jones who is an actress and Will McCormack. It is a feel good movie which it is well worth a laugh and I give it 4 stars as it's in the cinemas now please do yourselves a favour and SEE IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

On April 1st 1996 iconic American singer Tina Turner released her 8th solo album Wildest Dreams which it went to number 61 in the USA pop charts, number 26 in the USA R&B/Hip Hop charts, number 4 in the UK and number 14 in Australia which it was produced by Terry Britten (the Australian group the Twilights) and Trevor Horn and from the album it had the hit singles GoldenEye, Whatever You Want, On Silent Wings with Sting, Missing You(her version of the John Waite song), Something Beautiful Remains and Wildest Dreams with Barry White which it was the US edition as Antonio Banderas is on the European edition of the album and it is now out again as it is 30 years when it came out it is been released as a double CD. On the first CD it has the original tracks that was on the album and on the 2nd CD it had the US single of Wildest Dreams with Barry White as well as the Joe Urban remix of Something Beautiful Remains as well as different mixes of certain tracks too. It is FANTASTIC with FA...

This is from the Telegraph July 17th 1967 and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's top 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 which he would be with 4BC until the early 70's was on from 5.30am until 9am doing the Breakfast Show.

This is from the Telegraph July 16th 1965 and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's top music radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were Geoff Atkinson, Tony MacArthur and Bob Wills who were on Daily from 4pm until midnight and all day Sunday playing the Top 40 as well as the records that was out at the time and also the person on the advert was Bert "Birdbrain" Robertson who was on in the mornings.

This is from the Telegraph July 15th 1955 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane in 2026 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1950's which among their disc jockeys was Bob Rogers who had been with the station since 1950 as he would be there until 1957 and would be come very successful on Sydney radio was on Friday night which he did Disc For Debonaires at 6.30pm and King Hits at 9pm, Saturday Platter Chatter from 1pm until 3pm and Get Out Those Old records at 9.30am and Sunday Platter Chatter from 10am until 12 noon and Thanks For The Memory at 6.30pm.

This is from the Telegraph July 14th 1959 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane in 2026 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 50's which among their disc jockeys was Bill Gates who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing the record hops around Brisbane including the O'Connor Boathouse in the city on North Quay and at lunch times at the City Hall in the city which actually the next day (July 15th) Bill Gates did the 4BH Record Hop at the City from 12pm-2pm and that night at the O'Connor Boathouse playing the latest records that was out at the time.

Yesterday afternoon I went to the Wynnum Fringe to see the legendary Australian country singer James Blundell which it was my first time seeing him live ever. Caught the bus from Cannon Hill to Wynnum, Had Pizza Sub and Salad Roll for lunch from Subway, had a look at Op Shop, walk to the Wynnum Fringe, went inside the Augathella Spiegeltent and waited. The show started at 3pm with James coming out with his son Briar on guitar and for the next hour and 5 minutes performed songs from the latest album as well as his 2 90's hits This Road and Way Out West as well as doing songs by Neil Young, Slim Dusty and Pink Floyd as well as telling stories including his son playing him songs that he knew including Richard Clapton as well as Slim Dusty story and hearing Bruce Springsteen as well as Brair sang lead on a few songs too as well as playing great guitar. The show finished at 4.05pm, went outside, James came out, got photos with him, caught bus back to Cannon Hill, caught bus to Carina w...

This is from the Telegraph July 9th 1954 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane in 2026 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1950's which besides from doing music the station also did other shows including quiz as among the shows was the Ampol Show with the host Jack Davey who was a big name on radio at the time which was the show was on at 8pm with Brisbane Contestants.

This is part 3 of the 4 part autobiography of legendary Australian rock singer Lonnie Lee and this covers the period between 1971-83 when Lonnie lived in America which he talks about living in Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Nashville, doing songwriting with Roy Orbison, touring Australia, Producing an TV show there, booking acts, encounters with Ray Charles, Mickey Stevenson from Motown, David Bowie, Fabian, Johnny O'Keefe and Reg Lindsay, peforming shows there and many others. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it well worth a read. Lonnie is still performing shows as he has shows coming up in NSW, Victoria and South Australia which I hope he will come to Queensland again soon and he is the last man standing from the 1st wave of Australian rock of those who are performing today as he should be considered for the ARIA Hall of Fame for the impact he has made on Australian rock. As I a...

This is from the Queensland Times Ipswich July 7th 1967 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's popualr radio stations at the time in the 60's which was at the time it was based in Ipswich but it was making a impact in Brisbane at the time which among their disc jockeys was David Greenwood who was on Monday to Friday from 4pm until 7pm which there was an competition that was on at the time which was called Name and Claim It and also David Greenwood hosted the Brisbane music show Countdown on Channel 0 in that year of 1967.

This is the new album by legendary American country singer Willie Nelson and it was recorded in Nashville with the songs which 6 written by Willie all co written with Buddy Cannon who produced the album as well as Buddy writing 2 as well as Mickey Raphael who plays harmonica with Willie wrote one and Earl Montogmery wrote one and besides from Mickey Raphael among the musicians who played on the album including Fred Eltringham on drums and percussion from the Wallflowers, Tommy White on Steel guitar, Bobby Terry on Acoustic Guitar and James Mitchell on electric guitar. It is FANTASTIC with great songs with great singing by Willie who is still sounding great at age 93 and the album went to number 46 in the UK, number 13 in the UK Americana Album charts, number 5 in the UK Country charts and number 35 in the USA Top Album Sales charts. Willie is doing shows in the USA throughout this month, August and September and this is a must for Willie Nelson fans which I give it 4 stars as it...

This is from the Courier Mail July 6th 1960 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 Bill O'Brien who had done a stint on 4KQ was on from 4.15pm until 5pm doing the National Top Fourty with the Big Sound and Peter McIntyre was on from 7.30pm until 8pm doing Club Celebrity which had people like the Kingston Trio, Jerry Vale and Dodie Stevens.

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema Carindale to see the movie Minions and Monsters and Olivia(Allison Janney) who is a tourist guide in the Film history museum leading a team and she tells the story about the Minions history including James and Henry who had been with a group of Minions who served different masters including an wicked warlock and both James and Henry also developed an friendship with Ed (all voiced by Pierre Coffin) which they stumbled across a train robbery as it turned out to be an staged performance for a movie and the Minions are hired to do movies by directed Max(Christoph Waltz) and it gets interesting. It is excellent, very funny and very entertaining with excellent acting by Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg, Allison Janney, Pierre Coffin who directed it and wrote it with Brian Lynch, Christoph Waltz and Trey Parker and it was produced by Chris Meledandri and Bill Ryan. It's a feel good family movie and it is worth seeing for the family with the school...

This afternoon I went to the Junk Bar in New Farm which was my first time going there to see Alan Fletcher who played Dr Karl Kennedy on the iconic Australian soap Neighbours from 1994-2025 which it was my 1st time seeing him live and it was my 4th time seeing an actor from Neighbours live. The show started with Alan, his wife Jennifer Hansen who was an Melbourne newsreader on keyboards and Riley Catherall on guitar and he did 2 sets which were mainly original songs that he wrote as well as one he wrote with Jackie Woodburne who played his wife Susan on Neighbours as well as Jennifer sang lead in the 1st set doing Party Girl as well as an duet with Alan as well as Alan telling some stories including mentioning Neighbours and finished off the 1st set with the Slim Dusty song The Biggest Disappointment and there was a interval where I had a Coke with No Sugar. In the Second Set Alan performed more of the original songs including Ain't Done Yet as well as Jennifer sang one song as...

This is from the Telegraph July 1st 1968 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane in 2026 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 60's which among their disc jockeys were Geoff Bradley who did Breakfast on Monday to Saturday, Grahame Roberts who was on Monday to Friday from 2pm-6pm and on Sunday Mornings and John Kerr on Monday to Fridays from 6pm until 9pm and was on Saturday and Sunday afternoons playing also the Big Hits from the top 40, Big Hits from yesteryear and Big Hits from Modern Music Albums.

Last night I went to QPAC Concert Hall to see Al Jardine who is one of the founding members of the iconic American band the Beach Boys with his own band The Pet Sounds Band which includes his son Matt who sang with the Beach Boys in the 90's and the others musicians in the band played with Brian Wilson for many years and it was my first time to see Al live as I did not see him perform with the Beach Boys in the 90's as well as in 2012 when the surviving members got back together for the album That's Why God Made The Radio and tour including Brisbane but at least I got the opportunity to QPAC which was originally intended for October last year but was rescheduled. I caught the bus to South Bank, went to the Plough Inn where I had Sirloin Pork Chops, chips and Salad for dinner, drank Pepsi Max, went to NZ Natural Ice Cream, ate movie bowl Sundae and walk to QPAC. Put bag in cloak room, bought bag and CD, drank Coke with No Sugar, bought photo, went inside and waited. The sho...

This is from the Bribie Star June 29th 1962 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 early 60's which among their disc jockeys was Johnny James who had been with the station since the 50's and would be there until the early 70's did the Top 40 Breakfast Show daily.

This is from the Telegraph June 27th 1958 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane in 2026 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1950's which among their shows that was on at the time were Tops In Time at 5.30pm, TAA Hit Parade at 6pm and These Were the Hits at 6.30pm which they were on Sunday night and also with the TAA Hit Parade the listener would win 180 pounds Jackpot.

These are from the Telegraph June 26th 1970 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's top music radio stations at the time in the early 70's which besides from being an music radio station it promoted events which they promoted 2 events that weekend in June 1970 as the first was the Grand Final of the Queensland Pop Festival that had Brisbane groups The Light, Burke and Wills(including Jamie Dunn), Cherry Tree, Gentle Art, Trinity House, The Movement and Michael Turner In Session with special Guest stars Ross D Wyllie and the Sect won the Grand Final in 1969 with backing by the Brisbane group The Flamingoes and the 2nd event was the Sunday Funday at Carina Oval that had the 4IP Good Guys, the Queensland Pop Festival winners, Military and Pipe bands as well as appearances by Lord Mayor Clem Jones and Bruce Small.

This is from the Telegraph June 25th 1956 (70 Years ago today) 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 1950's which among their radio personalities was Jim Illiffe who would acheive great success on TV from the late 50's until the 70's on Channel 9 was on in the mornings and afternoons.

This is from the Telegraph June 24th 1964 and this was the 4BK Top 10 charts with Brisbane singer Billy Thorpe with the Aztecs at number 1 with their version of the Coasters 1959 hit Poison Ivy, Peter Paul and Mary who had been in Brisbane that month on the 3rd at number 2 with Tell It On The Mountain, Cilla Black at number 3 with You're My World, The Beatles at number 4 with Can't Buy Me Love, Mary Wells at number 5 with the song written by Smokey Robinson from the Miracles My Guy, Bill Haley and His Comets at number 6 with Rock Around the Clock which had re-released at the time in Australia, Millie at number 7 with My Boy Lollipop, Elvis Presley at number 8 with the title song from the movie he did with Ann Margaret Viva Las Vegas, Tommy Roe at number 9 with his version of the Chuck Berry song Carol and the Beatles at number 10 with Boys(with Ringo Starr on lead vocal)/Long Tall Sally(with Paul McCartney on lead vocal) and this was the week before the Beatles played the 2 sh...

This is the memoir of Australian casting director, producer and actress Jan Russ and in the book she talks about being pregnant and unmarried which she gave up her daughter for adoption, began acting in the musicals Oliver, Godspell, Hello Dolly and Fiddler On The Roof, working in New Zealand where she worked on TV, working for Crawfords and Grundys, becoming the casting director and then for Neighbours, encounters with Jason Donovan, Guy Pearce, Margot Robbie and Derek Nimmo and many others. It is FANTASTIC as well as sad, very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth an read. There was a book launch in Melbourne at Readings Bookstore in Hawthorne which was hosted by Alan Fletcher who played Dr Karl Kennedy for 31 years. This is a must for Australian TV fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shop so please do yourselves a favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

This is from the Telegraph June 23rd 1965 and this was the 4BK top 10 charts with The Seekers who had been in Brisbane on June 3rd that year with the Dave Clark Five, Tommy Quickly, Bobby and Laurie and Brisbane group The Escorts at Festival Hall at number 1 with the song written by Tom Springfield A World Of Our Own, the Melbourne rock group The Henchmen at number 2 with their version of the Bobby Day song Rockin Robin, Herman's Hermits at number 3 with Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter, Unit 4 Plus 2 at number 4 with Concrete and Clay, The Dave Clark Five at number 5 with their version of the Chuck Berry song Reelin and Rockin, Lulu at number 6 with her version of Here Comes The Night, Cliff Richard at number 7 with the double sided Just Another Guy(an Neil Diamond song)/The Minute You're Gone which was recorded in Nashville, Julie Rogers at number 8 with Hawaiian Wedding Song/Turn Around, Ray Brown and the Whispers at number 9 with their version of the Brent Edwar...

This is from the Telegraph June 22nd 1972 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's top music radio stations having originally been based in Ipswich but had a impact in Brisbane by the mid 60's which that weekend and the following weekend the station was doing the top 1,000 best selling hits between 1952-72 which was devoted to the 20 years of rock starting at 3pm that Saturday.

This is from the Telegraph June 21st 1963 and this was the 4BH Top 40 charts with Lesley Gore at number 1 with the song produced by Quincy Jones It's My Party, Bill Justis at number 2 with Tamoure, Rob EG at number 3 with his version of the Frankie Laine song Jezebel and Little Peggy March at number 4 with I Will Follow Him. The new entries in the charts that week were Little Peggy March at number 31 with I Wish I Were A Princess, Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas at number 33 with their version of the Beatles song Do You Want To Know A Secret and Kyu Sakamoto at number 40 with Sukiyaki and besides from Rob EG the other Australian acts in the charts that week were Jay Justin at number 8 with Proud Of You, The Denvermen who were also backing Digger Revell at number 24 with Blue Mountains and Johnny O'Keefe at number 26 with Move Baby Move.

This is the new compilation CD by legendary British rock band Pink Floyd and it has the recordings between 1971-79 which includes Money, Wish You Were Here and Another Brick On The Wall Part 2 and even an complete version of Pigs On The Wings which was edited by Steven Wilson with sound effects which was sourced from the original tracks. It is FANTASTIC with FANTASTIC songs which holds up very well to this day and it is still sound as great today as it did back then as great music endures. It went to number 17 in the UK, number 86 in the USA and number 22 in Australia and this is a must for Pink Floyd fans which I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so please do yourselves a favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema Carindale where I saw the movie Toy Story 5. Bonnie (Scarlett Spears) is struggling to make friends so she gets a tablet from her parents which it's named Lilypad (Greta Lee) which she starts to neglect her toys as Jessie(Joan Cusack) who has been the sheriff of Bonnie's since Woody(Tom Hanks) departed has becoming aware that the techs like ipad, mobile phones and computer were the thing as toys becoming old school and Jessie gets in touch with Woody to help him which he gets back with the other toys which Jessie and Bullseye were taken to a house which was once occupied by Emily who had her where an girl called Blaze (Mykal Michelle Harris) lives with her parents and then it gets interesting. It is excellent, very impressive and very entertaining with great acting by Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Scarlett Spears, Mykal Michelle Harris, Conan O'Brien and Greta Lee and it's directed by Andrew Stanton who also did the scre...

This is the new album by the Australian sister singing duo Vika and Linda and this was recorded at Merrigum Studios in Melbourne April 2025 which 6 tracks on the album are written by Vika and Linda including some they write with Mark Seymour from Hunters and Collectors as well as Karen Jacobsen and Toni Childs as well as other songs are written by Glenn Richards from the Australian band Augie March and Ben Bliss. It is an FANTASTIC album with great songs and great singing by Vika and Linda who sounded so great album on the album and also they along with Cameron Bruce who played on the album produced it too. It went to number 11 in Australia and they are doing an tour. They have just been inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame which they truly deserve it for the impact they have made on Australia and let's hope for the Black Sorrows to be inducted. This is a must for Vika and Linda fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so please do yoursevles an favour and BUY IT wh...

This is from the Telegraph June 20th 1956 (70 Years ago today) and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane in 2026 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1950's which among their shows was the Nestles Show which was on in the evenings at 7.30pm which was a music show.

This is from the Telegraph June 16th 1959 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 in the 1950's which among their disc jockeys were Bert (Birdbrain) Robertson who had been with the station since 1954 and would last until the early 70's was on Monday to Friday at 11.15am doing the Cuppa Club and Geoff Atkinson who was an part of the station's success in the 50's and 60's did the show Shell Dealer Parade Tuesdays to Saturdays from 11pm until Midnight.

This is from the Telegraph June 15th 1966(60 Years ago today) and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one here 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 Johnny James who had been with the station since the 50's which he would last until the early 70's did the Top 40 Breakfast Show daily playing the latest records that was out at the time.

This is from the Telegraph June 12th 1963 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane in 2026 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Jim Sweeney who did the World Wide Top 40 Breakfast Show which was on Monday to Saturday from 5am until 8am with the news every 30 minutes as well as the music that was played at the time.

This is from the Telegraph June 11th 1958 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 1950's which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who would become the station's success in the 50's and 60's hosted the show So Smooth which was on Tuesday and Wednesday nights at 9pm playing the music that really has charms.

This is from the Telegraph June 10th 1964 and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's top music radio stations at the time in the 60's which they were promoting the Beatles' Australian tour which was happening in that month (June) 1964 which would include Brisbane at the Festival Hall on June 29th and 30th and Sydney disc jockey Bob Rogers was travelling with them on the tour was reporting it to 4BC which they were 10 reports daily.

On Sunday June 7th I went to the Elvis Precinct to see the Joe Cocker Express who are from the Gold Coast and it was my first time seeing them live. The show started at 12.30pm with the Joe Cocker Express coming on stage which in the first set included the hits from the 80's including Up Where We Belong which Jason sang it with Bec and Leave Your Hat On and even doing the INXS song as well as each band member telling a story about Joe Cocker including one story about his mother doing washing and discovering a cheque in one of his clothes as well as being in Australia in 1972 and in the second set wore the hippy gear as well as singing the big classic hits including Delta Lady, Feelin Alright, You Are So Beautiful and of course the iconic With A Little Help From My Friends and also I met a lady named Laura, her mother Debra and an lady named Michelle. The show finished at 2.30pm, had bought records at Record Sale, bought Fish and Chips @ the Fish and Chips shop and went back to Tw...

On Saturday night June 6th I went to Twin Towns to see the tribute show to iconic American country singers Johnny Cash and June Carter called Hey Get Rhythm which has Mark Caliguri and his wife Joanne and it was my first time seeing the show. The show started at 8pm which Mark and Joanne coming out as they did 2 sets which in the first set performed Johnny's early hits in the 50's as well as June's songs including Juke Box Blues which some of the audience members came on stage and wore hats as well as for some songs Robert on horn came on stage as well as showing clips of Johnny and June on the screen both sides of the stage and there was a interval where I had a Pepsi Max and Boost chocolate. In the second set Mark and Joanne came back on stage which they did the songs of the 60's and 70's as well as one of Johnny's recordings in the 2000's and George an keyboardist joined the band on stage as well as an audience member came on stage when they were doing t...