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Radio Ga Ga presents songs that mention or refer to other rock stars in the lyrics

psg — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:42:03 +0000

Yes yes yes, Don McLean sang about Buddy, The Bopper and Valens amongst others in “American Pie” (the song, not the movie) but there are plenty of other songs which feature lyrics about the musicians that shaped our lives. This week on a fabulous Radio Ga Ga you get to hear many of these songs, including “Catch My Disease” by Ben Lee “they play Sleepy Jackson on the radio”, Arthur Conley puts the “spotlight on James Brown” in a song he co-wrote with Otis Redding, Bowling For Soup tell us that “Springsteen & Nirvana” have had their day and “McGuinn & McGuire still get higher” in The Mamas & Papas tribute to Mama Cass and The Byrds. Yes, 2 hours on Radio Ga Ga of songs that refer to other important arists in the lyrics is what it is all about. Do you like Radio Ga Ga? then join us on FACEBOOK. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Radio-Ga-Ga-883/364403070255430Related Posts:

Megan Bernard special on Alex’s Mixed Bag 19th May 2012

presenter — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:13:48 +0000

Hello listeners!

Tune into Alex’s Mixed Bag this Saturday from 12pm, to hear Alex interview local singer, songwriter & guitarist, Megan Bernard about her new double single: Big Dreams/Shifting Futures!

Megan will also be performing a couple of new unreleased songs live in the studio!

So to hear this exciting interview with singer Megan Bernard,

Tune into Alex’s Mixed Bag, 12-1pm this Saturday 19th May on 88.3 Southern FM or listen online at http://www.southernfm.com.au

Become a fan of the show on Facebook! Just follow the link and click like!

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Ausmosis Talks to Award Winning Aussies

psg — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:50:17 +0000

This Saturday afternoon at 5pm, Ausmosis (the program that features all Australian artists) will be banging out some great new independant Oz tracks and also be speaking to Skye Lockwood of South Australian act “Echo & The Empress” who’s extremely excellent tune “Balloon” recently garnered the “top pop song” prize at the International Independent Music Awards. The prestigious award was judged by luminaries such as Keith Richards, Tori Amos, Michael Franti, Benji Madden and Tom Waits amongst others and clears the way for this great act to start taking big strides abroad.

Check out their award winning song below and tune in to hear all about their win and other projects.

http://echoandtheempress.com/

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THE PURPLE HAZE ARCHIVE presents STEVE STANLEY (HEAD OF THE ‘NOW SOUNDS’ RECORD LABEL) PODCAST

presenter — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:26:21 +0000

On this Purple Haze Archive Podcast join Nick Black as he chats with Steve Stanley from Los Angeles, California, the head of the Now Sounds record label.

Now Sounds was established by Steve Stanley, producer of over 50 Rev-Ola titles, and is dedicated to exploring the untrodden sonic avenues of the creatively fertile West Coast music scene and beyond.The Cherry Red-distributed label celebrates (but is not limited to) the golden era of popular music (1964-1972) via soft psychedelia, Brill Building, breezy harmony pop, Wilsonian-sploitation, girl groups, Spectorian sound and his imitators, folk rock, folk psych, Bacharock, Wrecking Crew/anything recorded at Gold Star Studios, and the best in new music.

Now Sounds releases include exclusive bonus tracks, lengthy liner notes and unpublished photos!

Now Sounds Official Website: http://www.cherryred.co.uk/nowsounds.asp

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Coming up on Built For Speed

presenter — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:57:06 +0000

Coming up on Built For Speed over the next few weeks we’ll review blockbuster comedies Dark Shadows and The Dictator as well as all the latest art-house releases. We’ll revisit classic albums including two 40 year olds: David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and Neil Young’s Harvest. We’ll also have all the latest entertainent news and previews of upcoming gigs and TV. Check out Built For Speed, Friday 8-10pm on 88.3 Southern FM.Related Posts:

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What’s on Built For Speed, Friday 18th May 2012

presenter — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:39:00 +0000

This week on Built for Speed we play new music from Alabama Shakes, Devin and many others. We also focus on 70′s power pop with bands like the Raspberries and Big Star. There’s also plenty of films to talk about including new Jason Statham shoot ‘em up Safe and believe it or not, nazis on the moon in Iron Sky. Don’t forget our regular preview of upcoming gigs and TV. Check out Built for Speed, Friday 8-10pm on 88.3 Southern FM.Related Posts:

Dallas Frasca – This Week on The Live Sunday Sessions

psg — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:43:57 +0000

The amazing Dallas Frasca

If you search the internet for “Dallas”, you will likely come across an American football team from Texas, but scroll down a spot or two and you will locate something far more unpredictable and interesting.

Dallas Frasca has a huge following in her own country. Take a listen to her highly anticipated second major release album “Sound Painter” and you will quickly discover why. Currently touring her tail off with her band, Jeff Curren (guitar) and Peter McDonald (drums) following the release of her brand new single, ‘All My Love’, she of the big gutsy voice has been kind enough to visit little old 88.3 and it promises to be one of our most exciting live sets yet.

This one very loud woman stands out musically and vocally from the pack, free of conformity or formulaic restrictions. Underground retro riff rocker Frasca is a hard working independent juggernaut who, with ‘Sound Painter’ (which was released in stores on April 1st…..coincidence only!!!), is carving her own way with her band not only in Australia but internationally as well.

We are blessed to have her and the boys visit, you are blessed to get to hear it on the airwaves or over the net for a full hour this Sunday from 4pm……………….worth bottling!!!

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4 Big Weeks on The Live Sunday Sessions

psg — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:08:04 +0000

Check out the line up for the next 4 weeks on the 88.3 Live Sunday Sessions, Following stellar performances in recent weeks from the likes of Dakara Dirt, Kim Boekbinder and The Grace Makers, the next month sees brilliant Melbourne Blueso Dallas Frasca, sultry smooth Jazz singer Jessica Isgro, guitar virtuoso Matthew Fagan and nomadic songstress Nicolette Forte gracing the Southern FM studios with their talent. These 4 acts are anything but typical and make for a brilliant Sunday afternoon mini concert each Sunday from 4 – 5pm.

Film review: WISH YOU WERE HERE, from Built For Speed

presenter — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:39:37 +0000

Wish You Were Here is a new Australian mystery thriller that has nothing to do with the classic Pink Floyd album of the same name.

Being a contemporary Australian film it of course stars Joel Edgerton as a stressed bogan family man and has a fragmented narrative structure. The film jumps back and forth through time, feeding the audience slivers of information which is meant to enhance the mystery surrounding the characters but this just deprives the film of momentum and becomes annoying.

Despite this, the story at the core of this film is still an intriguing one. Two thirty-something couples Dave and Alice Flannery (Joel Edgerton and Felicity Price) and Steph McKinney and Jeremy King (Teresa Palmer and Antony Starr) holidaying (yes) in Cambodia awake after a particularly intense rave party to discover that Jeremy is missing. The film depicts the devastating impact this has on the other three and their families when they return to Australia. Through flashbacks the film hints at what might have happened to Jeremy in Cambodia.

While the film occasionally generates a menacing atmosphere with its angular visual style and use of music (from Tim Rogers), it’s surprisingly uninvolving. This is partly becomes of the choppy narrative but also because of lethargic pacing and a pedestrian performance from Edgerton who occupies most of the screen time.

We spend most of the film waiting for something to happen and the various domestic disputes and hints at extra marital affairs only seem like annoying distractions from the central mystery of Jeremy’s fate.

Revelations toward the end of the film up the intensity and briefly elicit more compelling performances from the cast, particularly Edgerton but it’s not enough to save this film from being a mediocre and slightly pretentious disappointment.

Director: Kieran Darcy-Smith

Released: 26 April 2012

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Film review: ACTS OF VALOUR, from Built For Speed

presenter — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:26:27 +0000

There have been plenty of films about US Special Forces battling terrorists and drug lords and most of these have involved outrageous, cartoonish propaganda, racially stereotyped bad guys, simplistic, biased notions of world conflict and Chuck Norris. Acts of Valour has all these things, minus the Chuck Norris. For many critics this film is an abomination but it’s not designed for Fitzroy latte set, it’s for blokes who wear Tap out t-shirts and who love shoot ‘em up video games (which this film often resembles) and TV shows like 24. For these viewers the film’s relentless action sequences and military hardware will be just the ticket.

There is a plot of sorts although it’s really just a vague jumping off point for the action scenes. When a CIA agent is captured by terrorists in Costa Rica, a Navy Seal team are called in to extract her. They discover, however, that her abduction is linked to a bigger and more sinister terrorist plot.

With the emphasis on shootings there’s little attempt at character development although much of the film is seen through the eyes of two seal officers Rorke and Dave. The novelty here is that these two and nearly all other cast members are real Navy Seals rather than actors. This has the dual effect of making the film more realistic but also quite laughable due to the SEAL’s wooden performances. Unwisely, the film also has one of SEAL’s delivering an annoying, flaky voice-over which, as my co-presenter CJ pointed out, sounds like wrestler the late Randy Macho Man Savage.

The film apparently began life as a Navy approved training/ recruitment film and this is pretty obvious from its fierce yet methodical battle scenes and SEAL-speak dialogue. This, however, doesn’t stop the film lurching into the sillier, more offensive reaches of the Hollywood fantasy world. This is particularly true of the clichéd bad guys who include a sleazy, long-haired Miami Vice-style drug lord and an overly intense, wild-eyed Chechen terrorist leader. There’s also the laughable depiction of terrorist vs. US interrogation techniques, the terrorists use driller-killer style torture while the US military apparently just use sarcasm.

We can pontificate all we like about this film’s sins but hard core war movie fans will just dismiss these quibbles as pinko clap trap and revel in the film’s admittedly well-staged scenes of destruction.

Directors: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh

Released: 3^rd May 2012

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