This Saturday is the 70th birthday of one of the all-time great film directors Martin Scorsese. This week on Built For Speed we look back at our favourite Scorsese films and the ones that didn’t quite cut it. We also review Oscar-buzz, feel-good flick The Sessions and bizarro blood-fest Seven Psychopaths. There’s also plenty of fine music including a selection of
Read moreCatfish Voodoo played a wonderful live set in the studio on October 14th. You can now relive that extraordinary performance here by clicking on the media play button below and get set to boogie. https://www.facebook.com/catfish.voodoo?fref=ts http://www.catfishvoodoo.com/
Read moreHymns are poetry set to music. It is said that poets “suffer for their art” but few know the level of tragedy that was experienced by Horatio Spafford the hymnist who gave us “It is well with my soul”. The events that gave rise to the hymn and Spafford’s response to them exemplifies the comfort and assurance that comes via
Read moreListen again to the 8am to 9am session of Songs of Hope from last Sunday, 2012 11 11. Remembrance day is remembered with the song “Avenue of Trees” from Aussie Steve Messer and his band. The song includes the phrase “greater love hath no man”. Includes 5 minute segment on Albert Schweitzer and Albert Schweitzer himself playing a Bach fugue
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 11th NOVEMBER 2012 1. ALICE COOPER – Elected. 2. JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION – Danger. 3. ONEIDA – I will haunt you. 4. ICE CREAM HANDS – The way she drives.(Aus) 5. SIMPLE MINDS – Speed your love to me. 6. B.A.D. – Bottom line. 7. WEEZER – Island in the sun. 8. IGGY AND THE
Read moreListen again to the three hymns podcast from Songs of Hope 2012 11 11: Praise to the holiest – Kings College Choir Great is Thy faithfulness – An afternoon of our favourite hymns He leadeth me – George Beverley Shea Keywords: Christianity, faith, God, hope, Jesus, Lord, religion, spirituality, history, hymns Songs of Hope website: http://songsofhope883.wordpress.com/
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