Brenda Lee is on top of the US charts with her song ‘Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree’ – a mere 65 years after it was first released. And the classic ‘Fairytale of New York’ is flying up the UK charts in tribute to The Pogues’ lead singer Shane MacGowan, who died last month. Alli will play those and a
Read moreThe dystopian sci-fi film series, The Hunger Games was hugely successful and a cultural touchstone for many young cinema goers (but not so much this reviewer). Through those films, Jennifer Lawrence established herself as a major star playing heroine, Katniss Everdeen who, in a post-apocalyptic future, competed in the eponymous televised teen gladiator death matches and battled the fictional nation
Read moreBringing to life a full-scale biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte has been something of an Ahab-like quest for film directors. Stanley Kubrick had a Napoleon film (at one point with Jack Nicholson as the French Emperor) in the works for many years before shelving it due to studio budget concerns. Russian director Sergei Bondarchuk tackled the subject with mixed results in
Read moreROCK UP! with Ratts & Arnie. Thursday 7 December 2023 100% Australian music – Supporting Indie artists & OZ music legends. If you missed the show, never fear, you can listen back, or download here. ROCK UP! is on air 4-6 PM every Thursday on 88.3 Southern FM.
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On Thursday 7 December 2023, Southern FM’s newest presenter Hugo Smith made his radio debut with the Bayside Groove program. Hugo will be on air from 2 PM to 4 PM every Thursday during the summer. He’s filling in for Burnsy and Billy while the Late Lunch takes a break. If you’d like to send a message to Hugo during
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Bayside Rewind is not another nostalgia show. We bring you songs that you may have forgotten, wish you had never heard, or you may never have heard of at all. Each week we look at a particular year, as we dissect the charts to find out what were the highest selling Aussie artist singles. We also take a deeper dive
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