All posts by Maynard

Spin Out – Tim Ferguson, Queen of the Desert

Sep 8, 2016 Maynard

Maynard is on the set of Tim Ferguson’s new movie Spin Out in Shepparton. Meet the crew, the cast, the dog, and the local police as Maynard talks Utes and circle work.

Hear from Tim Ferguson, Morgan Griffin, Xavier Samuel, PiaGrace Moon, Lisa Kowalski, Thomas Blackburne, Travis Jeffery and other members of the cast and crew shooting in Shepparton that cold weekend.

Learn great movie and showbiz terms like “video village”, “data wrangler” and “banned from the set”.

Finally, Maynard gets schooled in the answer to the question all of Australia has been asking since the appearance of the V8 engine; Holden or Ford?

Language warning; one really rude filthy word, every ten minutes or so.

Spin Out at Hoyts

Spin Out on Facebook

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Tim Ritchie’s empty Sydney

Sep 5, 2016 Maynard

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Tim Ritchie has been involved in the musical life of Sydney since the 70s. He has fallen into early morning photography (via bicycle) for a few years now and his first exhibition is open all this month at Folonomo Gallery in Bourke St.

Let’s get arty, talking with Tim Ritchie, Paris from Groovescooter, DJ ADHD, Jay Katz, Miss Death & Tony Push at the opening night.

Music: Optimism by On The Area Steps

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Check out Tim Ritchie’s exhibition this month as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival.

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What Double J Should Sound Like turns the big 2

Sep 4, 2016 Maynard

What Double J Should Sound Like turned 2 recently and to celebrate the fact that Campbell Drummond, Jay Katz and crew have run out of periodic table elements to number shows with, it’s the End of Elements party this Friday night at The Gaelic Club in Sydney.

The Gaelic Club will be arranged in Lounge mode for an evening of eclectic sounds from Campbell Drummond, Jay Katz, Miss Death, DJADHD, Lunar Module (Ant Banister) and even myself will be playing some favourites as well as getting the WDJSSL microphone out into the audience to gather requests for future episodes.

Controversy still surrounds the inclusion in my set last year of Bananarama, but risky inclusion of The Human League in my playlist this year is sure to make Bananaramagate (as it has become known in legal circles) forgotten in the furore to come this Frday night.

The visuals that DJADHD throws on the big screen will be sure to blow your tiny ape brain beyond the elements for the foreseeable future.

It kicks off at 7pm and it’s all over, bar the shouting about that Human League track, by midnight.

Get into the mood for Friday night by hearing the latest What Double J Should Sound Like 116 (Livermorium edition)

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Jack The House 4 returns Friday

Aug 15, 2016 Maynard

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This Friday night sees the return to The Sly Fox hotel in Enmore of Jack The House 4.

DJ Mark Dynamix, Steve Gordon & Phil Smart will be bringing you the sounds from 1988 – 1992 that you haven’t heard that loud, or ever heard at all.

The mixed happy crowd that is the trait of Jack The House will be grooving to some Manchester and Madchester sounds as well as a fair dose of Hip House.

Note in the show that Maynard always says “Madchester”, while Mark says “Manchester”. If anybody is wrong, it’s probably Maynard.

DJ Mark Dynamix joined Maynard at Madame Frou Frou cafe to explain to him why Happy Mondays are the go this time round.

All you need to know about Jack The House 4 Friday night

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What Double J Should Sound Like 113

Aug 14, 2016 Maynard

Latest What Double J Should Sound Like show has plenty of variety from Campbell, Jay and myself.

I brought along A Certain Ratio, B-52s (live, from that new album pictured), Colourbox, Tenpole Tudor and a rare Ringo Starr track (aren’t they all?)

I have included the B-52s live track as they are touring with Simple Minds in February 2017. See you there, but never at a winery gig, as you will hear us discuss in this show.

Show 113 also includes Shackleton, The Beatmasters and Hot Chip. Enjoy!

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Bunga Bunga 31 Tim Ferguson & Maynard

Aug 9, 2016 Maynard

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Tim Ferguson is off to the Edinburgh Festival with the Doug Anthony All Stars, Maynard has just returned from an Australian wide tour with lots of 80s stars. So they have a lot to talk about.

They answer your Crankmail and mention Vengaboys and Limahl.

This show Tim has some handy hints on how to start a fight while flying and how to deal with with those pesky English hecklers.

By the end of Bunga Bunga 31 we will have lived up to our usual Bunga Bunga guarantee that you will be no wiser, but you may have learned something.

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Totally 80s tour, totally done

Aug 1, 2016 Maynard

That’s the Totally 80s tour, totally done.

The Totally 80s tour finished after 13 shows across Australia with a lineup you won’t see again in a hurry.

Getting around the country with Martika (so peaceful) Limahl (the New Romantic’s New Romantic) Paul Lekakis (Mr Boom Boom) Katrina (most fun and best drinks rider), Stacey Q (see taught me about Tibetan Buddhism) Wa Wa Nee (Paul Grey was the musical director that held the show together) Men Without Hats (Ivan has a very dry sense of humour) David Sterry of Real Life (great stories of the Australian music industry to tell), Berlin (as wild onstage as ever) plus a very experienced crew and dancers Ashlea McKee & Alison Grant was a unique experience akin to a wacky 80s family on tour.

The Hobart airport morning layover was the one where we stood out the most from the locals, looking forward to returning there as Host and MC on the Vengaboys tour in November.

Thank you to all the audiences across Australia, the best show was a packed Enmore Theatre in Sydney and the strangest show was Canberra, where security spent the night making anyone who stood up to dance, sit down at the Royal Theatre.

I even managed to introduce Limahl to a Kamahl album.

All in all, a wild couple of weeks.

Let’s do it again sometime…

Review of first Totally 80s show in Melbourne, SMH

Review of last Totally 80s show in Melbourne, STM

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Kim Wilde returns for Australian tour 2016

Jul 27, 2016 Maynard

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The beautiful and talented Kim Wilde returns to tour Australia in November 2016 with the always polite Howard Jones.

Kim Wilde speaks to us from her lounge room today about her music, her garden and her hair.

I remind Kim of the last time we met, which naturally she has no recollection of, but she still has an ironic joy of certain 80s bands as you will hear.

She takes some of your questions and gets ready for your selfie sticks.

Warning, interview contains unconventional use of peanut butter.

Kim Wilde and Howard Jones tour details: