Category Archives: Retro

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The Dynamic Hepnotics are back (one show only)

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The Dynamic Hepnotics cut a rug across Australia & New Zealand in the 7 years they played across your wide brown land. And they are returning for 3 shows only. 1 in Sydney, 2 in Melbourne.

These days they are busy people with busy music careers, so I put my foot in the door of the lead singer and all round playboy, Continental Robert Susz, at his swanky Kings Cross apartment. An apartment that Adam West himself would be jealous of.

Join Continental Robert and myself in the Suszland music room for wine, music, gossip and Undercover Elephant.

If you don’t go to their upcoming shows you truely are a burden to society.

Get up offa that thing!

The Dynamic Hepnotics official site and tickets to their shows.

Continental Robert Susz site

Soul Kind of Feeling clip (see if you can spot Dave Wray/Frank Bennett)

Get all their remastered tracks at iTunes or Bandcamp

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Robert Susz boxing in 1970s
Robert Susz boxing in 1970s. “I stopped boxing because I didn’t like getting hit.”
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Cliff Richard interview 1991

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The unedited interview sounds from Maynard and Cliff Richard squashed together in a small hotel room with producer Chris Norris during Cliff Richard’s 1991 Australian tour. Cliff answers questions from listeners honestly about his music, make-up, miming and celibacy.

What is his favourite song? Hint: It’s not the same as Maynard’s.

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Totally 80s Tour, Part 3 – Limahl

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Final part of the backstage antics during the Totally 80s tour across Australia last winter. Limahl has a drink and tells us what it was like working with Georgio Moroder to produce the song Never Ending Story.

In fact let’s all have a few drinks and meet everyone backstage.

In this show you will hear from:

Paul Lekarkis (just back from shopping)
Dave Schulz, Chris Olivias, Terri Nunn of Berlin (they have sock envy)
Ivan Doroschuk (very elusive)
Dave Sterry Real Life (he knows where the bodies are buried)
Johnno Smallman (artist liaison, I’ll let him explain it)
Katrina of The Waves (poodle and pub talk)
Martika fans from Portland in Victoria
Paul Gray (our musical director and Mr Waa Waa Nee)
Simon Shapiro (bass player and Mr 1927)

Slight mix up backstage by Maynard, holding Kamahl album, with Limahl on Totally 80s tour.
Slight mix up backstage by Maynard, with Limahl on Totally 80s tour.

General, Retro

Sunday Afternoon Fever – Brady Bunch Special

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From September 1992 it’s Sunday Afternoon Fever celebrating all things Brady in a bumper 3 hour episode with music, interviews and a special Brady Maynard’s Mastermind. We also let the people of Australia decide, by voting for their favourite Brady member.

Mrs Fred Sinatra of Las Vegas is along to give advice on love, Lance of The Hollywood Kids has gossip about the opening night of Fire Walk With Me, as well a the exciting new Drew Barrymore TV project with Aaron Spelling 2000 Malibu Road.

We speak with Christopher Knight, Peter Brady himself about being the fictional middle child and how he feels about the opening night of The Real Live Brady Bunch.

The Soloway sisters join us with Warren Coleman to talk about the afternoon they came up with the idea for The real Live Brady Bunch show in their lounge room (their mum thought it would get them in trouble). Jill Soloway has since gone on to write Six Feet Under among many other projects and Warren has won an Oscar.

Andrew G takes questions from the listeners on all things Brady while in between we hear some music from Caligula, Screamin” Jay Hawkins, Def Fx, The Shamen, Utah Saints, Cracker, Stray Cats and more. Quite the afternoon of listening ahead of you.

We miss you Florence Henderson.

Florence Henderson with Maynard 1990s
Florence Henderson with Maynard 1990s

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Joanne Accom & Jack, Jack, Jackie

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Joanne had the biggest selling Australian single of 1999 with Jackie. A song that Blue Zone, Lisa Stansfield’s band had covered. Joanne’s version sold over 70,000 copies worldwide.

Joanne Accom had belted out the vocal as a know-it-all 18 year old and now finds herself touring in 2016 with The Vengaboys, Tina Cousins, Whigfield, Sonique & Crystal Waters.

How did that happen?

But more importantly, why does she had a bag of Sonique’s shoes at her house?

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Howard Jones Australian tour 2016

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Howard Jones is touring Australia with Kim Wilde in a tour that starts today. So let’s have a chat with Howard about his early years manufacturing cling wrap all the way through to his latest release Engage. Find out what Mr Jones has in his lounge room and what radio station he listens too.

Here is my interview with his tour buddy Kim Wilde

All you need to know about where to see Howard Jones & Kim Wilde.

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Dag Quiz 1989

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The first ever 5 episodes of Dag Quiz recorded for replay on Maynard weekend JJJ breakfast show. The year is 1989, test your knowledge against our self aware dags. Colin Nicholas, Frogger, May, David, Cathy (from Chester Hill), John (from St Ives), Katrina, Steve, Julie & Bruce. Laurie Zion was score keeper (briefly). Voice Over: Rusty Nails, Production: Chris Norris.

It was called Dag Quiz because Triple J had been running Rock Wiz and I wanted to celebrate the less worthy avenues of pop culture.

Binge listen to all 5 or play an episode a day on your way to work, see if you have what it takes in the quiz show where even winners may be considered losers.

If you think you know something about Village People, Sailor, Boney M and feel you are ready for some value judgement on Bananarama, this was the show for you.

This is the first time these episodes have been heard since 1989, so go easy on all the contestants, who I consider pioneers in a brave new world of self awareness. I want to all thank you very much for being part of such a wacky, fun show.

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Totally 80s Tour, Part 1 – Real Life

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First in a series of interviews with the audience and artists recorded during the Totally 80s tour across Australia in July. Dave Sterry is Real Life who performed Catch Me I’m Falling & Send Me An Angel during the show. He has some great stories to tell. I spoke to him backstage in Perth.

You’ll also hear from perhaps the wildest show of the tour in Sydney, as I braved the overexcited thousands of Totally 80s fans to find out how THEY enjoyed the Enmore Theatre show.

This tour is just getting started….

Dave Sterry & Maynard in the back of the tour bus very early in the morning.
Dave Sterry & Maynard in the back of the tour bus very early in the morning, leaving a very cold Hobart.

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Totally 80s tour, totally done

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

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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: