Normie Rowe – ‘Live in the studio’ with Mark Copolov on Purple Haze – Podcast (2 hours) & a review of ‘Normie The Musical’

Iconic Australian iconic singer & songwriter Normie Rowe was Mark Copolov’s special guest ‘live in the studio’ on Wednesday November 14th for Mark’s version of ‘Purple Haze’.  In this podcast, an edited version of that show,  Normie talked about  his upcoming stage show ’Normie The Musical’, which charts the highly successful 1960’s experience of Australia’s first ‘King Of Pop’, Normie

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Gordon Moyes helped thousands in Sydney – podcast

Three Songs of Hope podcasts: 1. Listen again to the story of Gordon Moyes, superintendent of Sydneys Wesley Mission for many years. His social welfare work was amazing. (3 mins) 2. Hymns podcast from 2012 11 18 All things bright and beautiful – Choir of Paisley Abbey Praise my soul – Kings College Choir Thine be the glory – All

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Film review: THE MASTER, from Built For Speed

Paul Thomas Anderson’s films are full of charismatic psychopaths and charlatans who rule crazy corrupt mini-empires and use twisted faith to exploit the emotionally fragile.  It seemed inevitable, therefore, that Anderson would tackle the world of cults. His latest film The Master which is set in 1950 takes us within a strange organisation known as The Cause which may or

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Film review: GOD BLESS AMERICA, from Built For Speed

Like Falling Down and Taxi Driver, God Bless America sees a disillusioned middle-aged white American flip out and go on a killing spree.  After losing his job, being dumped by his wife and discovering that he’s terminally ill, doughy downtrodden middle-aged guy Frank (Joel Murray) decides to he has to kill the sort of selfish, hateful people he thinks have

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Film review: ALEX CROSS, from Built For Speed

Alex Cross, the character originally played by Morgan Freeman in Kiss The Girls (1997) and Along Came A Spider (2001) now appears in a self-titled film starring Tyler Perry who’s best known at least in the US for his feisty drag character Madea. This film arrived with dire warnings that it was one of the turkeys of the year and

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Film review: THE SESSIONS, from Built For Speed

The Sessions is the moving, funny and true story of Mark O’ Brien a writer afflicted with polio who at the age of 38 decides that he wants to have sex.  Although unable to voluntarily move anything below his neck he still has bodily sensation and the ability to get an erection.  Given the fact that he has to spend

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