Film review: PERFORMANCE, from Built For Speed

Not to be confused with Nic Roeg’s freaky 1970 counter-culture film, Performance depicts the traumas afflicting a revered American string quartet as they confront human frailty in its many forms.  The film was originally titled A Late Quartet but this was changed in Australia to avoid confusion with Dustin Hoffman’s film Quartet which also focused on a group of classical musicians.

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Radio Ga Ga is History

Taking a break from record labels, this weeks RGG will feature songs about historical figures. Napoleon, Gregorio Cortez, Nostradamus, Amelia Earhart, Mozart, Beethoven, Joan of Arc and Rasputin are just some of those who will “get the treatment” from acts such as The Band, Falco, Screaming Lord Sutch, Leonard Cohen, U2, Hermans Hermits, Mojo Nixon, Joni Mitchell, Doobie Brothers, Avril

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