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Yesterday afternoon I went to the Leftys Music Hall on Caxton Street to see legendary Australian singer-songwriter Ross Wilson known for the 2 legendary Australian bands Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock and it was my first time going to Leftys which I had heard so much about but never been there until yesterday as well as being my 9th time seeing Ross live as the last time I saw him was at Koala Tavern Saturday June 24th 2023. The show started at 3.30pm with the support act Turns doing an short set and there was an interval which I had Pepsi Max. Ross Wilson came out at about 4.20pm and for the next hour and an half did an set of the Daddy Cool songs as well as the Mondo Rock songs as well as some of solo work including Touch of Paradise which was the hit for John Farnham as well as performing 2 Skyhooks songs as he produced the 1st three albums for Skyhooks as well as mentioning his first visit to Brisbane in 1969 with the Party Machine as he mentioned that the band were ripped off and talk...

Yesterday afternoon I went to Redland Performing Arts Centre to see the Elvis Presley tribute show Elvis Can't Help Falling in Love with Elvis tribute performer Tristan James which it was my 3rd time seeing him. The show started at 2pm with clips of Elvis Presley were shown on the screen Tristan came out wearing the blue gear which Elvis wore during the 70's came on stage an medley of Elvis' 50's hits as well as doing the Elvis classics including Love Me Tender which Tristan with the help of his wife was handling scarfs to the ladies coming up the stage, Wonder Of You and It's Now Or Never which then did the Elvis Aloha From Hawaii as they showed clips of Elvis in the 70's Tristan changed clothes to the gear Elvis wore at the show performing the songs Elvis did including Steamroller Blues, See See Rider, My Way and many others. The show finished at 3.40pm, Tristan came out to have photos taken with the fans including myself, stop @ Coles, caught back to Carinda...

This is from the Telegraph October 15th 1968 and now the classic hits station in Brisbane in 2026 as well as the number 1 Brisbane radio station 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 Monday To Saturday, John Kerr doing Drive Time from 4pm to 7pm Monday To Friday and Saturday afternoon, Scott McKinlay from 9pm until Midnight Monday To Friday and Sunday Mornings and Alan Hart who was on from 2pm to 4pm in the afternoon and 7pm to 9pm in the evenings and Saturday mornings playing top 40 music as well as yesteryear and modern music albums.

This is from the Telegraph October 14th 1963 and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's popular music radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who was on Monday to Friday at 4pm doing the Top 40 Go Show playing the music that was in the top 40 at the time as 4BC had been the first radio station in Brisbane to do the Top 40 which happened May 19th 1958.

I went to the Dendy Cinema Coorparoo this afternoon to see the movie The Social Reckoning which it's based on an true story and it's 2019 Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White) is an reporter from the Wall Street Journal who joined up with San Francisco Bureau as a tech reporter is assigned to cover Facebook which he meets Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison) who works for Facebook in the Civic Integrity Team having been an data engineer who is showing concerns about the leaderships at the company priotizing engaement as revnue over user safety meanwhile Facebook co founder Mark Zuckerberg (Jeremy Strong) is preparing to testify to the United States Senate which gets interesting as well as the secrets that would come out. It's Gripping, Fantastic and Brilliant with FANTASTIC acting by Jeremy Allen White, Mikey Madison and Jeremy Strong and it's directed by Aaron Sorkin who was one of the producers with Todd Black, Peter Rice, Tony A Grier and Stuart M Besser well as also doing t...

On December 3rd 1965 British rock group The Beatles released their 6th studio album Rubber Soul which it went to number 1 in the UK, USA and Australia and it was the album that signified the change in the music of the Beatles as they were experimenting with different sounds as well as their songs were going away from the early pop stuff like Please Please Me, From Me To You, She Loves You to more expressive and thoughtful lyrics which was influenced by Bob Dylan as well as there was not hit singles from the album even though Nowhere Man was a hit in the US, Australia and some of the other countries including Germany and Canada. The album also had all original material mainly written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney as well as 2 written by George Harrison including If I Needed Someone which was influenced by the Byrds as well as British rock group The Hollies had an number 20 hit with the song at the time and it is now out again on CD which I am reviewing the double CD edition as the...

This is from the Telegraph October 7th 1977 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1970's which during the weekend of October 8th and 9th 1977 4BK did the American Weekend as they were playing the best of American music which was presented by Peter Shearer's which it was Menswear shop which was on Queen Street in the city.

Tonight I went to the Dendy Cinema Coorparoo where I saw the rock concert movie Queen Budapest. In 1986 British rock band Queen were doing the Magic Tour which one of the shows was in Budapest at the Nepstadion on July 27th 1986 in front of 80,000 fans which it was the first Western Rock concert performed behind the Iron Curtain in an stadium and the tour was the last one with lead singer Freddie Mercury. the show was filmed and it is now remastered in 4K with an powerful new audio mix. At the show they performed many of their classic hits including Under Pressure, I Want To Break Free, Bohemian Rhapsody and many others and it also has behind the scenes with the band members as well as interviews with members Roger Taylor and Brian May. It is AWESOME, ROCKIN and SUPERB with FANTASTIC songs as well as the film quality look FANTASTIC and watching Queen at their peak really at the top of their game with Freddie being the showman with Brian, Roger and John Deacon playing great too. It...

This is from the Telegraph October 6th 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 4 to Midnight Daily and all day Sunday which there was an competiton at the time when the listners had to entry to win an AWA Transistorised Portable Radiogram which there was one for the boys and one for the girls.

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema Carindale where I saw the movie Verity. Lewon Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson) who is a writer is on her way to the Book publisher company which on the way she meets an man named Jeremy Crawford(Josh Harnett) and goes to the company where she is offered to do 3 books in 24 months for Verity Crawford( Anne Hathaway) who is an well known writer as well as being Jeremy's wife and she goes stays at their place where she goes through notes as well as computer and USB where she discovers an autobiography that Verity has written where she discovers interersting things about her life as well as Lewon sees Verity who is catatonic after an car accident as well as She is starting to think she has seen Verity looking at her as well as moving around and also she and Jeremy are having an liking for each other as well as secrets are starting to emerge which gets interesting. It is gripping, interesting and excellent with great acting by Anne Hathaway who was o...

Yesterday afternoon I went to Twin Towns to see the Original TV Stars Show which had Australian music legends Issi Dye, Tony Worsley, Denise "Ding Dong" Drysdale and Lucky Starr as I have seen them live plenty of times as I only I saw Issi back in June during Cooly Rocks On, Denise Drysdale at Cooly Rocks On 13 years ago, Lucky Starr 2 years ago at Redland Performing Arts Centre as part of the Good Old Days of Rock and Roll show and Tony Worsley also 2 years at Twin Towns. The show started at 2.30pm with George Harvey from the Four Kinsmen doing the intro which Issi Dye wearing the blue gear coming out on stage performing 3 songs starting off the Johnny Cash song Ring Of Fire, then Tony Worsley came out performing an few songs including his famous 1965 hit Velvet Waters as well as mentioning that he has re-recorded Velvet Waters as well as telling an few jokes, Issi came which he sang 2 Buddy Holly songs, then Denise Drysdale came out which she performed 3 songs including H...

This is from the Sunday Truth October 1st 1961 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 mid 50's as he would be there until the early 70's did the Breakfast Show which was on Monday to Saturday from 5.30am which had the Top 40 from the 4BC Chart, Telequiz, Weather Information, How's You IQ? , Time Calls, Comedy Cut and Personality Predicitions.

An month ago I saw on Facebook that legendary Britsh rock group the Hollies will no longer be touring as guitarist Tony Hicks has got health issues as he's retires and also drummer Bobby Elliott has also decided to retire which I honestly think that's the right thing to do as the Hollies without Tony but with Bobby were to continue that would not make sense and both of them who have been with the Hollies since 1963 who had continue the band throughout the years which their last shows were in the UK 3 years ago as well as doing the cruise show and they were to due to do one next year but won't be happening now. Both Tony and Bobby had played together in the local Manchester group Ricky Shaw and the Dolphins which Bobby had played with Shane Fenton and the Fentones which had the guy who would become Alvin Stardust as well as other bands The Falcons and an jazz trio as Bobby was into jazz while Tony had played in Les Skifflettes. Tony joined the Hollies in early 1963 having...

This afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema Coorparoo to see the Movie Heart of The Beast. James Belmont(Brad Pitt) who is an retired Army officer along with his dog Odin an combat one flew to an Alaskan lake to camp for a few nights where he meets Watkins(J K Simmons) who was an miner which they get friendly as well as James and Odin have PTSD after experiences in the war and both James and Odin fly out but then James suffers an heart attack which the plane crashes as Odin is ejected but survives and with James walk through to get back to the road which they encounters weather and other animals including an bear. It is FANTASTIC with FANTASTIC acting by Brad Pitt who was one of the producers as well, J.K Simmons and Anna Lambe and it was directed by David Ayer as well as along with Brad Pitt one of the other producers with Olivia Hamilton, Marty Bowen, Richard Raymond and Nick Satriano. It is one of Brad Pitt's best performances and the chemistry between Brad Pitt and the dog Odin ...

On May 17th 1980 American rock singer Joan Jett released her 1st solo album called Joan Jett after the break up of her band the Runaways as it was released independently but it was re-released on January 23rd 1981 on the Broadwalk Records after she signed up with them with the name change Bad Reputation which it went to number 51 in the USA, number 76 in Canada and number 45 in Australia and it had the 1 hit single Jezebel with Bad Reputation going to number 48 in the USA Mainstream Rock Airplay charts. It was produced by Kenny Laguna, Ritchie Cordell, Mark Dodson, Steve Jones and Paul Cook (2 ex members of the Sex Pistols) and it is now out on CD again. On the reissued edition it has the original tracks including her version of the Lesley Gore song You Don't Own Me, her version of the Isley Brothers song Shout and her version of the Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs 1965 hit song Wooly Bully and the bonus tracks on the CD includes her version of the Who song Call Me Lightning and th...

On April 26th 1975 iconic British rock band Pink Floyd performed at the Los Angeles Sports Arena at the time when they were coming from the Dark Side of the Moon stardom into the rock stadium act and it was recorded by an man named Mike (Mike The Mic)Millard who was known for recording shows with his recording equipment and it was never released until last year (2025) for the I Wish You Could Be Here boxset which it is out now on it's own. On the CD it has the songs mainly from the Dark Side of The Moon and the Wish You Could Be Here albums as well as 2 tracks that would later be on the 1977 album Animals and others well as among the backing musicans were Venetta Fields as an backing vocalist . It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT songs which holds up very well and the quality is just FANTASTIC which it is well worth lsitening too. The album went to number 46 in the UK, number 82 in the USA and number 43 in Australia. This is a must for Pink Floyd fans and I ...

This is the memoir of American actress Lisa Rinna and in the book she talks about life in California, losing her sister, moving to Oregon, her career as a model, landed the role of Billie Reed on the daytime soap Days of Our Lives, playing on Melrose Place, her marriage to actor Harry Hamill who was from the TV show LA Law, doing the Real Housewives of Hollywood as well as the behind the scenes, working with Christie Clark, Alison Sweeney, Heather Locklear and many others. It is Excellent, very impressive and very entertaining with impressive stories and it is well worth a read. Lisa has just done the show The Traitors as well as Running Point and the movie Stop That Train. This is a must for fans of Days Of Our Lives and Melrose Place and I live it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so please do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

This is the book about the iconic Australian music shows from the 60's and 70's Uptight and Happening 70/71/72 and in the book written by TV archivists Milton Hammon and Brett Leslie it talks about the shows history as well as the acts who appeared on it as well the episode guides of the shows which there is some that has no info on certain episodes as well as memories of the shows hosts Ross D Wyllie and Jeff Phillips as well as memories of the acts who appeared on the shows including Peter Robinson from the Strangers, Lily Brett who worked for Go Set the music magazine at the time, Bill Duff who worked for Festival Records and the company Lewis Young Productions and there is plenty of pictures of the acts of the time who appeared on the shows. It's AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with AWESOME stuff as well as FANTASTIC info and it is well worth an read. Brett and Milton who have the books about other Australian music shows the Go Show and Kommotion and Countdown as well as...

This is from the Telegraph September 21st 1966 and this was the 4BK Top 40 charts with the Beatles at number 1 with the double sided Yellow Submarine with Ringo Starr on lead vocals and Eleanor Rigby with Paul McCartney on lead vocals which were from the Revolver album, the Easybeats at number 2 with the EP Easyfever, Ray Conniff at number 3 with Somewhere My Love and the Hollies at number 4 with the song written by future 10CC member Graham Gouldman as well as the first recording with bass player Bernie Calvert who replaced original bass player Eric Haydock Bus Stop. The New entries in the charts that week were the Lovin Spoonful at number 30 with Summer In The City, Donovan at number 32 with Sunshine Superman and The Kinks at number 33 with Sunny Afternoon and besides from the Easybeats the other Australian acts in the charts that week were Johnny Young and Kompany at number 11 with Step Back written by Stevie Wright and George Young from the Easybeats, Brisbane group the Purple Hea...

This afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema Coorparoo to see the movie Coyote vs Acme. Wile E Coyote who has been trying to get the Roadrunner but fails goes to an law firm called Avery Jones and Maltese in Albuquerque where he meets one of the lawyers Kevin Avery( Will Forte) and wants to sue the company Acme for various defective devices used to getting the Road Runner and Kevin's niece as well as intern Paige(Lana Condor) wants to take the case to court but Kevin perfers to settles while Acme which it's led by Buddy Crane(John Cena) wants to settle the case with an settlement but Wile refuses which leads to trail and the firm wants the Roadrunner to testify but evades while Acme with CEO Foghorn Leghorn warning Buddy to prevent secrets coming out for the trail and Kevin starts getting a tip off which leads him to meet of the Acme employers Daffy Duck and it gets interesting. It is excellent, very funny and very entertaining with excellent acting by Will Forte, Lana Condor,Jo...

This is from the Telegraph September 19th 1961 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 were Norman Llewelyn and 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 the city on North Quay at the time were doing an show on Monday to Friday from 4pm until 6pm called Music While You Drive Home which was especially an program for Motorists.

This is the autobiography of Musician and member of the legendary American band Earth Wind and Fire and in the book he talks about his upbringing in Los Angeles, getting his first snare drum at age 8, played in the Teen Turbans, The Mob and The Master's Children, joined Earth Wind and Fire in 1971 which he is still with them to this day as well as having great success wih hits including September, Sing A Song, Can't Hide Love, Boogie Wonderland and many others, working with acts including Chicago and Gladys Knight and the Pips and others. It is FANTASTIC, very impressive and very entertaining and it is well worth a read. Earth Wind and Fire are currently doing shows in America including some with Lionel Richie and let's hope for an Australian tour. This is a must for Earth Wind and Fire fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so please do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

This is from the Telegraph September 18th 1962 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane in 2026 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio station at the time in the early 60's which on Sundays they did Music Day from 5am with disc jockeys Jim Sweeney, 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 , Brian Henderson who hosted the iconic Australian music show Bandstand at the time and Ben Beckinsale.

This is from the Telegraph September 17th 1963 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were John Esdaile who did the 4BK Breakfast Show Monday To Saturday from 5am until 8am, Bill O'Brien who did the The Greater Top 40 show Monday to Friday from 2pm until 5.15pm and Sunday DJ Parade on Sundaysfrom 8am until 1.30pm and Peter McIntyre who did the Greater Top 40 Show with Bill O'Brien Monday to Friday from 2pm until 5.15pm as the Top 40 was an big thing in the music business at the time.

This is from the Telegraph September 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 everyday from 4pm until midnight and all day Sunday playing the latest records that was out at the time as well as predicitons as well as sureshots and flashbacks.

Yesterday afternoon I went to Kedron Wavell to see the tribute act to the iconic American group The Four Seasons as it's my 4th time seeing them. Caught bus to Chermside from Mater Hill, got off at Chermside and walk to Kedron Wavell. Went to the Kitchen where I had Pork Loin for lunch, drank Coke With No Sugar and went to the Blue Pacific Room. The show started @ 2pm with the guys coming on stage wearing the suits and ties started with December 1963(Oh What A Night) going through many of the classic hits of the Four Seasons of the 60's as well as the b side of one of their hits which was an hit for the British group the Tremeloes in 1967 as well as doing 2 of Frankie's solo hits including Grease which he wore an black shirt and there was an interval which I bought an Coke with No Sugar. The 2nd set of the show started with Beggin as well as doing more of the classic hits including the girls names that the Four Seasons had hits with as well as doing songs that have been i...

This is from the TelegrapH September 10th 1963 and it is now the talk back station which 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 their disc jockeys were Johnny James from 5.30am until 9am with Road Race, Mike Baker from 9am until noon with Mystery Sound, Bert (Birdbrain) Robertson from noon until 2.30pm with Know Your Radio, Geoff Atkinson from 4pm until 7pm with Go Show Total, Bob Wills from 8pm until midnight with Top Ten Stars and Ray Rumble from Midnight to 5.30am with Listeners Logic and there was a competiion at the time as there were transistor radios to be won which they were 6 as it was 6 compettions to give the listeners an chance to win one.

This is from the Sunday Truth September 8th 1963 and this was the 4BH Top 40 charts with the Atlantics at number 1 with the iconic Australian classic Bombora, Cliff Richard and the Shadows at number 2 with their version of the 1957 hit for Ruth Brown written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Lucky Lips, Rob EG at number 3 with 55 Days at Peking and Gerry and the Pacemakers at number 4 with the song written by Mitch Murray I Like It. Besides from the Atlantics and Rob EG the other Australian acts in the charts that week were The Denvermen who were also backing up Digger Revell at the time was at number 11 with Avalon Stomp , Frank Ifield at number 19 with I'm Confessin and Johnny O'Keefe at number 31 with Move Baby Move and among the other acts in the charts that week were Elvis Presley at number 7 with Devil In Disguise, New Christy Minstrels at number 8 with Green Green, The shadows at number 10 with Atlantis, Johnny Cash at number 16 with Ring Of Fire, Al Martino at number 23...

This is from the Telegraph September 7th 1957 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 who would acheive great success on Sydney radio was on at 6.30pm at night with the show Listen For Teenage Tunes which was sponsored by H.G Manufacturing Co.

This is from the Telegraph September 6th 1967 and now the classic hits 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 Ken Guy who later became the new director of the station as well as working in London in the 70's and worked on Channel 0 (Ten) Brisbane in the 80's as well as 4BC was on Sundays at 1.30pm with the show Play It Wild At Weekends which the listener would ring Ken and he would play your Top 40 favourite.

On Thursday night I went to Kedron Wavell to see the Elvis An American Trilogy show which it's my 4th time seeing the show and it was my first time seeing a night show at Kedron Wavell in 16 months since Saturday May 10th 2025 when I saw Adam Eckersley and Brooke McClymont. caught the bus to Chermside from Carindale, walk to Kedron Wavell, had Spagetthi Al Fono for dinner, drank Coke With No Sugar, ate Pavlova and went to the Blue Pacific Room. The show started at 7.10pm with Michael Glaysher coming out doing the early Elvis of the 50's and 60's as he wore different jackets during his set as well as footage and photos of Elvis were shown on 3 different screens and after his set Louis Brown came on stage which the Comeback Special era wearing the black leather gear doing the songs from that show as well as walking into the audience which he finished the 1st set with the song If I Can Dream. There was an interval which I bought an Coke With No Sugar and seeing Barbara who is...

This is the memoir of legendary American actress Marla Gibbs and in the book talks about her upbringing in Chicago, the passing of her father as a teenager, living in Detriot, her marriage to Jordan Gibbs which they would have 3 children which in divorce, going to Los Angeles where she worked for United Airlines as well as the Bank of America, started acting in the theatre, did movies including Sweet Jesus Preacherman and Black Belt Jones, achieving great success on TV first as Florence Johnson on the American TV comedy show The Jeffersons from 1975-85 and from 1985-90 227 playing Mary Jenkins which she was also the executive producer, purchased a theatre in Leimert park, her health scare in the 2000's, working with Sherman Hemsley, Isabell Sandford, Regina King, Norman Lear and many others. It's FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth a read. Marla is still around which very recently was given an Honorary Day by the ci...

This is from the Telegraph August 30th 1968 and this was the 4BH Top 40 charts with Johnny (John) Farnham at number 1 with the double sided I Don't Want To Love You which was a cover of the Everly Brothers song and Jamie written by Hans Poulsen, Mama Cass at number 2 with Dream A Little Dream of Me, The Irish Rovers at number 3 with the double sided The Orange and the Green/Whiskey On A Sunday and The Cowsills at number 4 with Indian Lake. Besides from Johnny Farnham the Australian acts in the charts that week were The Easybeats at number 9 with Land of Make Believe/Good Times, The Virgil Brothers at number 12 with Temptation 'Bout To Get Me, the Bee Gees at 32 with Kitty Can/ I've Gotta Get A Message To You and Cam-Pact at number 38 with I'm Your Puppet and also among their disc jockeys was Graham Roberts who played the 40 music on 4BH Monday To Saturday from Midnight To Dawn.

Just 2 weeks I saw on Facebook about the passing of one the legendary icons of Australian entertainment Johnny Young which I was sad to hear that and when you think of the name most of people would know Young Talent Time as well as those who grew up in the 60's and early 70's an singer with hit records including Step Back, Cara Lyn, Kiss Me Now, Let It Be and Craise Finton Kirk as well as writing hits for Russell Morris, Ross D Wylie and Ronnie Burns and also for those in Perth Club Seventeen and the national music show the Go Show. Johnny was born Johnny Benjamin De Jong in Rotterdam Netherlands March 12th 1947 and came to Australia in 1953 where he and his family settled in Perth Western Australia. He sang on saturdays on the saturday morning radio show Rumpus Room and was a trainee disc jockey as well as singing around the local dances after leaving school. He sang with the Nomads which later changed to the Strangers(Perth) and hosted the music show Club Seventeen on Chann...

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema to see the documentary about Australian singer Tina Arena called Unravel Me and in it she talks about her life including her starting singing at a young age, doing Young Talent Time, going through the transition after Young Talent Time, starting recording, achieving success with hits I Need Your Body and Strong As Steel, going to greater success with the albums Don't Ask and Burn in the 90's as well as the issues she was going through as well as living in France and it has interviews with her sisters Nancy and Silvana, Johnny Young in one of his last interviews as he just passed away 2 weeks ago, Ronan Keating, John Watson, The Veronicas, Jessica Mauboy and many others. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC interviews and amazing stories which Tina tells it very honestly and it also very entertaining which it is well worth watching. It was directed by Adrian Russell Willis and the executive producer was Mark Fennessey and ...

This is the biography of iconic American singer Roy Orbison written by Australian music writer Jeff Apter and in the book talks about Roy's upbringing in Vernon, Fort Worth and Wink Texas, getting an guitar on his 6th birthday, played in the Wink Westerners and the Teen Kings, began recording for Sun Records which he had the 1 hit Ooby Dooby, recorded for RCA, doing songwriting which he had success, his first marriage to Claudette which they would have 3 sons, began recording for Monument Records which he would achieve great success with such classics including Only The Lonely, Blue ANgel, Running Scared, Crying, Dream Baby, In Dreams and Pretty Woman, touring the world including Australia and England, the tragic loss of Claudette in 1966 and 2 of his sons in a fire in 1968, his 2nd marriage to Barbara which they had 2 sons, his ups and downs, working with the Travelling Wilburys and many others. It is FANTASTIC as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it's well ...

Last night I went to QPAC Concert to see the Britsh rock tribute show the Dire Straits Experience which has Chris White who worked with them on tour from 1985-95 as well as playing on one album On Every Street in 1991 and it was my first time seeing them live. Dad took me to the bus stop, caught bus to South Bank, went to the Southbank Beer Garden where I had steak, chips and salad for dinner, went to NZ Natural Ice Shop, ate Tim Tam Sundae and walk to QPAC. Saw Rosmarie from work,drank Coke with No Sugar and went inside which it was packed. The show started after 8pm with the Dire Staits Experience coming on stage and they only did the one set as they performed some of the classic Dire Straits hits including Money For Nothing which they started off the show with, Walk of Life, So Far Away as well as other songs including Romeo and Juliet, On Every Street, Brothers In Arms, Your Latest Trick, In The Gallery and many others as well as very little talk during the show. The show finishe...

Yesterday afternoon I went to Kedron Wavell to see legendary British rock group Herman's Hermits which has original member Barry Whitwam and it was my 16th time seeing them as it's been 31 years ago when I first saw them as well as being 60 years since Herman's Hermits very first Australian tour. I caught the bus from Coorparoo to Wooloongabba and then from there to Chermside, had a look at Dymocks and QBD and walk to Kedron Wavell. Went to the Kitchen, had Grilled Barramundi, chips and salad for lunch, drank Coke with No Sugar, had Strawberry Matcha Bao Buns for desert, saw Bronwyn from work, went to Blue Pacific Room and waited. The show started at about 3pm with Herman's Hermits with the current line up of Barry, Jamie Thurston, John Summerton and Tony Young which they're not wearing the suits and ties anymore as they wore long sleeve collar shirts with the white dots came on stage which they did 2 sets as in the first set starting off with I'm Something Go...

Last night I went to QPAC Concert Hall to see Australian country singer Melinda Schenider doing the Barbra Streisand tribute show called The Way We Were and it was my 2nd time seeing Melinda Schneider as I saw just nearly 2 years ago at Kedron Wavell where I saw her doing the Doris Day tribute Saturday September 21st 2024. I caught the bus to South Bank, went to the Plough Inn where I had Pork Cop, chips and salad for dinner, drank Pepsi Max, at Movie Star Sundae @ NZ Natural Ice Cream Shop and walk to QPAC. Bought Melinda's CD, went outside and went inside. The show started at 8pm with Melinda coming out wearing an black dress starting off with Don't Rain On My Parade and through the 1st set peformed many of Barbra's classic songs as well as an song she wrote after what she saw on Facebook telling stories about Barbra's life and career and during Hello Dolly she took the part of the dress off and had different part of the dress too which there was an interval which I ...