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This afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema Coorparoo where I saw the movie I Swear which it is based on a true story. It's Scotland 1983 with John Davidson (Scott Ellis Watson) who goes to a secondary school as well as playing soccer is experiencing tics as well as saying swear words but not on purpose but is getting in trouble and attempts suicide and 13 years later John who is now 25(Robert Aramayo) is still living with his mother Heather(Shirley Henderson) which he has tourettes and takes medication which he then meets up with old school friend Murray (Francesco Piacentini Smith) and meets Murray's mother Dorothy (Maxine Peake) who is an medical health nurse which John moves in with Murray's family and with Dorothy's help he gets a job at the local community centre with Tommy(Peter Mullan) but still experiencing his tics and then gets interesting which he starts talking about his experiences with Tourettes. It is saw, Amazing, Brilliant and Superb with FANTASTIC a...

This is from the Telegraph March 22nd 1961 (65 Years ago today) and long before being known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as being for a time in the 80's an country music station 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations which among their disc jockeys was Graham Webb who would became an very well known on radio and TV including Sounds Unlimited as well as working in England in the 60's including the Radio Caroline the pirate radio station was on Monday to Thursday from 4.30pm until 6.30pm, Friday from 4.30pm until 6pm and Sunday from 3pm until 5pm with the show Spinning Tops.

This is the memoir of legendary American actress,dancer and singer Liza Minnelli and in this book talks about her parents Judy Garland and Vincent Minnelli, upbringing in Los Angeles, moving to New York, starting with the off Broadway show Best Foot Forward as well as the Carnival, doing recordings for Capitol, performing in cabaret rooms and Hotel theatres, winning an Tony for Flora, doing movies including Charlie Bubbles, The Sterile Cuckoo, Tell Me You Love Me Junie Moon, Arthur and Stepping Out, the loss of her mother Judy Garland in 1969, her 4 marriages including to Peter Allen, winning the Oscar for her role as Sally Bowles in Cabaret in 1972, her issues with alcohol and drugs, working with Albert Finney, Dudley Moore, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Martin Scorsese, the Pet Shop Boys and many others. It is AWESOME, FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with AMAZING and FANTASTIC stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth a read. Liza was supposed to do an...

This is from the Telegraph March 21st 1958 and now the classic hits station 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 had just joined the station at the time was also the one who gave the Bee Gees their name and also doing the record hops around Brisbane including the O'Connor Boathouse in the city was on that Friday night(March 21st) with Disc For Debonaires at 6.30pm and Rock A Bye Road at 10.30pm and Saturday (March 22nd) with Colour Harmony at 1pm, Relaxing at the Country Club at 1.15pm, Sil Silhouettes at 1.30pm, Featuring Festival at 1.45pm, Glamour Hits at 2pm, Ladies of Song at 2.15pm,Blind Date at 2.30pm and Platter Portraits at 2.45pm

This is from the Telegraph March 19th 1958 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 50's which among their disc jockeys was Malcolm Searle who would go on to host the quiz show Coles 3000 pounds Question did the shows in the afternoons with Four at Four Monday to Friday from 4pm until 4.15pm, Teenage Time on Monday to Thursday from 4.15pm until 4.45pm, Teenage Hit Parade from 4.15pm until 4.45pm on Friday, Teenage Choice from 4.45pm until 5pm on Friday, Children's Hit Parade on Fridays from 5.15pm until 5.45pm and on Saturday Mornings from 9.30am until 10.30am with Sunday Mail Comics Club.

This is from the Telegraph March 18th 1957 and long before known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as being an country music station in the 80's 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 50's which among their disc jockeys was Hal Grocey who was an American who was also the first to play rock and roll on 4KQ as it was also the first Brisbane radio station to play rock and roll as well as Hal got a mention by BBQ Bob Gallagher on the special about 4KQ called the 4KQ Journey A 75 Year Brisbane icon on Sunday June 26th 2022 and it was repeated on the final night 4KQ ended Thursday June 30th 2022.

This is from the Telegraph March 17th 1976 (50 Years ago today) 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 70's which besides from being an music station also did shows which they did the Rock Group of the Year shows as it was the final at Festival Hall that had 8 Brisbane rock groups competing who were Cannon, Moonlight, Friends, Borgus, Valhalla, Foxx, Quartermass and Boot Lace for the following prizes $2.250 00 in prizes, an recording contract and an $500.00 of new equipment from Soundstage and it started at 5pm with special guest John Paul Young and the All Star Band.

This is from the Telegraph March 3rd 1964 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Jim McSweeney who worked at 4AM, 4BK, 4GR and 4AK was on Monday to Friday from 8am until 8.30am with the Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music playing country music.

This is from the Sunday Mail March 15th 1964 and until 1990 when ti became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were Peter McIntyre who did Sunday Swingalong from 7am until 7.45am, then the Queensland Radio News at 7.45pm, Bill O'Brien did the Sunday Juke Box from 7.50am until 1.30pm which he also did the Queensland Hit Parade from 1pm until 1.30pm and from 1.30pm until 5pm Ron Burton did the Sunday Surfalong which it had Beatles records to be won and also those 3 Sunday shows had Beatles tickets contest to be won as it was the time it was annouced of the Brisbane shows on June 29th and 30th 1964.

This afternoon I went to the Cineplex Cinema at South Bank to see the movie Reminders Of Him. Kenna Rowan (Maika Monroe) is released from jail after serving 7 years for being in car crash that killed her boyfriend Scotty(Rudy Pankow) she is trying to get her life together which she is looking for work but is been turned down but eventually gets a job at the supermarket at GG and encounters Ledger(Tryiq Withers) who was the best friend of Scotty's as well as an owner of the local bar which Kenna starts to have a liking for him but he knows who she is and won't let her see her daughter Diem who has been living with her parents Patrick (Bradley Whitford) and Grace (Lauren Graham) and then things starts to get interesting. It is FANTASTIC, very impressive and very entertaining with excellent acting by Maika Monroe, Rudy Pankow, Tryiq Withers,Bradley Whitford and Lauren Graham and it is directed by Vanessa Caswill and produced by Colleen Hoover, Lauren Levine(both also did the scr...

This is from the Telegraph March 14th 1960 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which on the breakfast show that was on between 5am until 8am there was a segment called Battle of the Ages which had disc jockey Russ Callow and well known Australian singers who were around at the time which the next day (March 15th) iconic Australian rock singer Col Joye was on the Battle of the Ages segment and also on the same day appeared at the Record Hop at City Hall between 12pm til 2pm.

This is the memoir of Australian music executive Amanda Pelman and in this book talks about her upbringing in Melbourne, getting into music early, working for Polygram, went to London where she worked for Jaegar, went back to Australia where she worked for Mushroom Records, worked for Melodian Records, working for Michael Chugg, her 4 marriages including Brian Cadd, working with Kylie Minogue, Dire Straits, Billy Thorpe, Indecent Obession and many others. It's FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with amazing stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth a read and Michael Chugg who is the music promoter did the Foreword for the book. Amanda is now in Paris where she's been there since 2021 and this is a must for Australian music fans which I give it 5 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

This is from the Telegraph March 11th 1982 and this was the 4BK top 40 charts with Soft Cell at number 1 with their version of the Gloria Jones song Soft Cell, Moving Pictures at number 2 with What About Me, Lindsey Buckingham at number 3 with Trouble which was from the Law and Order album and Pete Shelley at number 4 with Homosapien. The new entries in the charts that week were Hall and Oates at number 31 with I Can't Go For That (He Can Do), Mike Post at number 32 with Theme From Hill Street Blues which was from the iconic American TV show of the same name and AC/DC at number 40 with Let's Get It Up and besides from Moving Pictures and AC/DC the other Australian acts in the charts were Olivia Newton John twice with Make A Move On Me at number 14 and Physical at number 37, Men At Work at number 23 with Down Under, Cold chisel at number 25 with You Got Nothing I Want and Colleen Hewett at number 36 with Gigolo.

This is from the Telegraph March 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 among their disc jockeys was Johnny James who had been with the station since 1954 was doing the Top 40 Breakfast Show which was on daily and also there was a cash competition called Who Said That which it the listener knew they would 1 Pounds (2 dollars) or more.

This is from the Telegraph March 9th 1957 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 50's which their shows that was broadcast on this day in 1957 which it was on Saturday were at 6.3pm Memories of Mo, at 7pm the Hardy Family, at 7.30pm the Rola Show, at 8pm Bob Dyer's Pick A Box which had been on radio since 1948 but the TV series had just started the week before, The Singer Show which was hosted by Jack Davey was on at 8.30pm and at 9pm the Rock n Roll Show.

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema Garden City where I saw the documentary about the legendary Australia band Mental As Anything and in it has interviews with members Martin Plaza, David Twohill, Reg Mombassa and Pete O'Doherty, archival interviews with Greedy Smith, Neil Finn, Greedy's brother Stewart Smith, Colin Hay(Men At Work), Jane Gazzo (Australian music writer), Dave Graney and others as well as talking about their formation in the 70's, playing around the Sydney music scene, began recording for Regular which achieve great success with hit singles including The Nips Are Getting Bigger, Come Around, If You Leave Me Can I Come Too, Bersek Warriors, Live It Up and many others as well as albums including Get Wet, Expresso Bongo, Cats and Dogs and Fundamental As Amnything, going to America as well as Europe, outside projects and many others. It is AWESOME, AMAZING, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with amazing stories and it is well worth seeing. It's been 6 and an bit y...

This is from the Telegraph March 7th 1974 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK having started in 1930 was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 70's which among their radio personalities was Phil Hunt who worked on 4NA in Nambour and 4CA in Cairns and also was with World Vision was on in the afternoons from 1pm until 4pm .

In July and August 2026 legendary British rock group Herman's Hermits will be touring Australia which they will be performing in NSW, Victoria, ACT, Queensland and Western Australia and the group with original member Barry Whitwam on drums, Jamie Thurston on bass guitar and vocals, John Summerton on guitar and vocals and Tony Young on Keyboards and vocals will perform the classic hits that they made famous in the 60's including I'm Into Something Good, Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter, I'm Henry The Eighth I Am, A Must To Avoid, No Milk Today, There's A Kind Of Hush, My Sentimental Friend and many others as well as other rock songs as well as Barry tells stories about the group's history. If you have not seen them Please Do Youselves an favour and SEE THEM which you will be impressed and amazed as well as being entertained by an iconic music group who have been around since the 60's which I'm sure it will be back memories for those who grew up...

This is from the Redcliffe Herald March 6th 1968 and long before known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as for a time in the 80's an country music station 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 60's which they were known as the Better Music station as they were playing Easy Listening music by acts like Herb Alpert at the time.

This is from the Courier Mail March 5th 1957 and long before known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as the country music station in the 80's 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 50's which besides from being an music station it also use to talent quests as they would that for years and on this day it had the Talent Quest Zone Final which was held at the 4kq Auditorium on Elizabeth Street in the city at 8pm.

This is from the Courier Mail March 4th 1961 (65 Years ago today) and now the classic hits station in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which among their disc jockeys was Jim Sweeney who was on Saturday between 8am until 12.15pm presented Music For Moderns which the first show was Music For Moderns at 8am, Tonic Tunes was at 9am, Royaltie Show at 9.15am, Cadbury's Hit Parade at 9.30am, Coca Cola Bottlers Club with Allan Brandt at 10am, American Hit Parade at 10.30am, Parade For Swingersters at 11am and Music While You Drive at 11.30am.

This is from the Courier Mail March 3rd 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 were Geoff Atkinson, Tony MacArthur and Graeme Smith (Bob) who had just joined the station at the time due to Bob Wills leaving 4BC and going to 4BK which they were on daily from 4pm until midnight playing the latest records that was out at the time.

This is from the Courier Mail March 2nd 1959 and now the classic hits station in Brisbane in 2026 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 50's which besides from being an music station 4BH was also doing other shows which among them was Gunshot Gamble that was on at 7pm during the week.

This is from the COurier Mail March 2nd 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 which besides from being a music station 4BK use to do shows too which in the Breakfast Show was Tangle Tunes which the listener would win 10 pounds cash prize and on Monday to Thursday at 1.45pm was the Search For Karen Hastings.

This is from the Telegraph March 1st 1967 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 was Bill Gates who had joined the station that year afer being with 4BH for 9 years who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing the record hops around Brisbane at the time including the O'Connor Boathouse which was in the city on North Quay did the Breakfast Show Monday to Saturday at 5.30am.

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema in the city to see the movie Solo Mio. Matt Taylor(Kevin James) who is an art teacher proposes to Heather(Julie Ann Emery) and are about to have their wedding in Italy but on the day Heather doesn't turn up which Matt finds the note which he is devastated and he tries to contact and find her but is unable which he goes on a tour for married couples where he meet Julian (Kim Coates) and his wife Meghan (Alyson Hannigan) and Neil (Jonathan Ruhme) and his wife Donna(Julee Cerda) who is a therapist and both couples are having issues. While dining at the local cafe Matt meets Gia(Nicole Grimaudo) who owns the cafe and shows him around the city which they form a connection and it gets interesting. It is excellent, very funny and very entertaining with excellent acting by Kevin James who was also one of the writers, Alyson Hannigan, Kim Coates, Jonathann Ruhme, Julee Cerda, Nicole Grimaudo and Andrea Bocelli and also Ed Sheeran does an apperan...

This is the joint autobiography of American singers Matthew and Gunnar Nelson of the duo Nelson and in the book they talk about their upbringing in Los Angeles, getting instruments when they were 6, their parents Ricky nelson and Kristin Harmon's divorce in the early 80's, playing in the Strange Agents, the loss of their father in a plane crash December 31st 1985, forming the band Nelson who would achieve great success with the singles (Can't Live Without Your Love) Love and Affection, After The Rain and More Than Ever, their relations the Nelsons and the Harmons including actor Mark Harmon, launching the Stone Canyon Records label, encounters with George Harrison, Colonel Tom Parker, David Crosby, John Boylan, Timothy B Schmidt and many others. It is AWESOME, AMAZING and SUPERB with BRILLIANT and FANTASTIC stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining and also enjoyable which it is well worth a read. Matthew and Gunnar are still performing around the USA doing ...

This is the joint autobiography of 2 of the founding members of the legendary Scottish rock band Simple Minds Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill and in the book they talk about their upbringings in Scotland, first meeting in 1967, Jim getting his first guitar as well as playing in Biba Rom, both seeing live music, playing in Johnny and the Self Abusers which they had 1 single, forming Simple Minds in 1977 who would achieve great success with hit albums including Life In A Day, New Gold Dream(81 82 83 84) and Once Upon A Time as well as having hit singles including Glittering Prize, Up On The Catwalk, Don't You(Forget About Me) and Belfast Child , Jim's marriages to Chrissie Hynde from the Pretenders and actress Patty Kensit both ended in divorce, encounters with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, David Bowie and many others. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with AMAZING stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth a read. Jim and Charlie are still in Simple Mi...