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- Nov 17, 2017
- 4 min
This Week In 1984: November 18, 1984
Australians have always loved to laugh, never more so than in the mid-'80s when stand-up comedians were regulars on the ARIA singles and...
- Aug 5, 2017
- 4 min
This Week In 1984: August 5, 1984
It only ran for 20 episodes, but ABC music drama Sweet And Sour looms large in my memories of the mid-'80s. For one thing, it had an...
- Dec 27, 2016
- 7 min
This Week In 1986: December 28, 1986
Before Big Day Out, there was Australian Made. This week in 1986, some of the biggest homegrown acts were making their way around the...
- Sep 7, 2016
- 4 min
This Week In 1986: September 7, 1986
Your band's broken up? No problem... if you were the lead singer, that is. There's always the option of pursuing a solo career — and if...
- Aug 21, 2016
- 4 min
This Week In 1983: August 21, 1983
Easy listening station Smooth FM is currently Sydney's most listened to radio station. My parents have it on constantly and whenever I'm...
- Mar 16, 2015
- 4 min
This Week In 1985: March 17, 1985
There are some songs that are so much a part of pop culture that it's hard to remember a time before they came into existence. The...