On the first Friday of each month from 6-7 PM, Cindy Sullivan presents music and chat with a philosophical/political edge. Episode 13 of ‘What The World Needs Now’ was broadcast on Southern FM on Friday 5th August 2022. In this episode, Cindy discusses the idea that ‘what the world needs now’ is to listen to more Elvis songs. Inspired by
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At 4 PM today (Sunday 10 July) Austin Butler, the star of the new Baz Luhrmann movie, Elvis, will be “singing like the King”. Due to popular demand we’re replaying our two-hour music special, featuring the soundtrack from the Elvis movie. Listen @southern_fm or via the Community Radio PLUS app
Read moreBaz Luhrmann is one of the least subtle directors of recent times. Perhaps only Michael Bay and Oliver Stone in the 90’s top him for obviousness and outrageousness. Having Baz direct a film about Elvis Presley who, at least in the latter part of his life, was known for excess and an extravagant lifestyle, promised to be a sensory assault.
Read moreF. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby captured America amid the hedonism and chaos of the “jazz age” a time when the nation was giddy with power from its First World War economic boom. The book focused on an American upper class of wealthy white folks who, in addition to their sedate garden parties and boating regattas, regularly gathered for
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