Michael Beck greeting for me on Xanadu

Thanks to David Campbell, Sylvia Jeffries and all the crew at Today Extra this morning for getting so excited about our upcoming 45th anniversary screening of Xanadu at the Sydney Underground Film Festival on 13th September. Details about the screening and afterparty here I’m still impressed with Gene Kelly’s outfits in Xanadu 45 years later….

To celebrate finally getting to see the greatest disco roller skating movie ever made involving Olivia Newton-John on the BIG screen, download your free 15 month Xanadu calendar. Suitable for your art studio or your new roller disco nightclub, it runs from September 2025 to the end of 2026. You can boldly print it as…

Maynard presents the second greatest musical from 1980: Xanadu. Xanadu will be screened for your viewing pleasure in Sydney for one night only on Saturday 13th September, 8.30pm as part of Sydney Underground Film Festival at The Dendy Cinema, Newtown. Then join us afterwards for the unlikely 1980 Disco afterparty at Bootleggers, upstairs at Kelly’s…

Brigitte Handley has a new release out, as well an EP of vinyl featuring unreleased Dark Shadows live tracks. In between all her German shenanigans she’s been recording again and pondering the evil sound that is autotune. Time to talk about that ominous looking splatter vinyl pressing, the implications of releasing music on cassette tape…

We catch up with the legend Tim Ferguson. Unsurprisingly he has a lot to say in just 12 minutes. Hear his predictive powers for the last 9 Federal elections, why improvisational comedy has to go and the importance of an Australian pope. “I think a bit of starvation and anger will create more interesting comedy.”…

Prepare yourself for the video of the warmest parts of The Coldest 100, 2025. Maynard hosts a video of Australia’s own Coldest 100 – 2025. Mostly picked by Andrew Sholl, it will features world class musical “issues” only Australia can produce. The Coldest 100 is songs about Australia, or by Australians that sometimes didn’t turn…

Prepare yourself for the video livestream of the warmest parts of The Coldest 100, 2025. Maynard hosts a video livestream of Australia’s own Coldest 100 – 2025. Saturday 29th March 8.15-9.30pm. Mostly picked by Andrew Sholl, it will feature world class musical “issues” only Australia can produce. Join us in the live chatroom as we…

Australia’s Coldest 100 returns for 2025 this Saturday 25th January with @ozkitsch presenting 100 tunes you won’t find easily anywhere on any continent. Just look at this list of artists that Andrew Sholl has curated that you’ll never again see in the same room. This is Andrew’s eighth Coldest 100 and he doesn’t see Farnham…