At 11 am on 11 November 1918 the guns of
the Western Front fell silent after more than four years continuous warfare.
In 1997, Governor-General Sir William Deane
issued a proclamation formally declaring 11 November to be Remembrance Day,
urging all Australians to observe one minute's silence at 11 am on 11 November
each year to remember those who died or suffered for Australia's cause in all
wars and armed conflicts
On
Friday this college will observe Remembrance Day speech and a 1
minute silence at 11 AM.
We will ROCK this October....music ranges from the fifties till today.
God of Rock, thank you for this chance to kick it. We are your humble servants. Please give us the power to blow people's minds with our high voltage rock. In your name we pray. Amen.
This week marks 100 years since the World War I battles
of Fromelles and Pozieres — two of the deadliest and most gruesome in
Australia's military history.
It
was Australia's introduction to the Western Front — the main theatre of
the war — after spending months fighting in Gallipoli, and the results
were disastrous.
This week you will hear the song Emotional Rescue. The album cover for Emotional Rescue had concept origination, art direction and design by Peter Corriston
with thermographic photos taken by British-born, Paris-based artist Roy
Adzak using a thermo camera, a device that measures heat emissions. Ask your Science teacher about thermographic technology.
This week you will hear the song Emotional Rescue. The album cover for Emotional Rescue had concept origination, art direction and design by Peter Corriston
with thermographic photos taken by British-born, Paris-based artist Roy
Adzak using a thermo camera, a device that measures heat emissions. Ask your Science teacher about thermographic technology.
We celebrated French history with music from France this week. Ms. Sherlock made the request and provided the junior staff with some French food to note the historic day.
We celebrated French history with music from France this week. Ms. Sherlock made the request and provided the junior staff with some French food to note the historic day.
Typical of its prodigiously gifted composer, a multi-instrumentalist
with a ferocious work ethic, the 1984 album Purple Rain, and
accompanying semi-autobiographical hit movie of the same name, launched Prince,
who has died aged 57, on to the global stage. It put him on track to
become one of the greatest superstars of that decade and beyond.
His ability to synthesise an intoxicating mix of musical styles, from
funk, soul, gospel and rock to jazz, hip-hop and psychedelia, made him
unique in rock music history, helped by his mastery of studio and audio
technology. In addition, he presented his music and his persona with
dazzling visual flair, and was always an enthralling live performer even
when his record sales were not at their peak. After playing hours-long
headlining concerts, he would often perform late-night shows with his
band at local clubs; these became almost more sought after than the
“official” performances.
Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis. His father, John
Nelson, was leader of the Prince Rogers jazz trio, and met his
wife-to-be, Mattie Shaw, when playing at community dances on
Minneapolis’s North Side. Mattie joined the Prince Rogers trio as
vocalist, but dropped out of the group after she married. The couple
named their son after John’s stage name, though the boy was nicknamed
“Skipper” when he was growing up. His parents’ musical leanings rubbed
off on him, and at the age of seven he wrote his first song, Funk
Machine, on his father’s piano.
...none had as much influence or creativity as he, none broke as many
rules as he, nor did so with such effortlessness and such showmanship.
Jon English, who has died aged 66, found fame playing Judas
in the original Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar in 1972.
With
his boundless energy, rock-star looks and gravelly voice, English
became the star of the show and one of Australia’s most loved stage
performers.
Daddy Cool guitarist Ross Hannaford has died aged 65,
months after a sell-out benefit concert to raise money for his battle
with cancer.
Hannaford was diagnosed with cancer last year, but
continued to perform, and Daddy Cool's Ross Wilson said he would be
remembered as one of the country's greatest musicians.
The
guitarist formed Daddy Cool in 1970 with Wilson, and was inducted into
the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame in
2006.
Wilson tweeted on Tuesday afternoon: "Sad to tell you that my friend Ross Hannaford has passed away."
Thanks for the music Ross.....a truly great Australian.
One of Australia's best loved rock stars and the lead singer of The Easybeats, Stevie Wright, has died aged 68.
The man singing is Stevie Wright and music journalist Glenn A Baker says his significance cannot be underestimated.
GLENN A BAKER: We'd had the Beatles in Australia but then all of a sudden we now we had our own version of beat music.
MEREDITH GRIFFITHS: Stevie Wright was born in England in 1947 and migrated to Sydney when he was nine.
He lived near the Villawood Migrant Hostel, which is where he met his future band mates, forming the Easybeats in 1964.
GLENN
A BAKER: He was an immigrant kid who took his place out front of this
immigrant rock and roll band and just turned us on to a style of music
which we'd come to know from the Beatles, but we didn't believe that we
could have ourselves.
MEREDITH GRIFFITHS: Glenn A Baker says a lot of the band's success was down to Stevie Wright's performances.
GLENN
A BAKER: Stevie Wright was the closest thing we had to The Beatles, the
Rolling Stones, all wound into one, he was dynamic, he was quite
explosive, he was one of the greatest live performers we've ever seen.
But he also had an impish quality, he had a cheekiness and a cockiness which just made him absolutely irresistible.
Where before, artists and groups either evolved their musical style
and appearance or remained unchanging, David Bowie seemed to be in
permanent revolution.
He defied any label. Music, fashion, sexuality: all were Bowie's playthings. He was truly an artistic chameleon.
RIP David Bowie...3CSC walk to your beat forever
One of the most original and singular voices in rock & roll for
nearly five decades, Bowie championed mystery, rebellion and curiosity
in his music. Ever unpredictable, the mercurial artist and fashion icon
wore many guises throughout his life. Beginning life as a dissident
folk-rock spaceman, he would become an androgynous, orange-haired,
glam-rock alien (Ziggy Stardust), a well-dressed, blue-eyed funk maestro
(the Thin White Duke), a fun-loving art rocker (the Berlin albums), a
new-wave hit-maker, a hard rocker, a techno enthusiast and a jazz
impressionist. His flair for theatricality won him a legion of fans. Thanks David you will be missed here at 3CSC.
