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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...