Saturday night 11th August, I’ll be in Perth for a night of 80s sounds at The Hellenic Club.
I’ll be playing my favourites from New Romantic to Old Disco so come and party with us all , The legend herself Krittah Critter will be starting the night with a kick ass set, Steve Steil O’Neil will be playing all your favourites and some early House Music and 80s club Anthems
Find out more and get your tickets
Lene Lovich recorded live in Sydney, by Triple J, Thursday 2nd May 1985.
The songs are Sister Video, Lucky Number & Blue Hotel.
Thanks to the Triple J sound crew for making this so cool.
Photo credit Dr Jazz, 1980.
See the other great photos he took of Lene in 1980 in Zurich
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Electronique, the 80s retro afternoon that is the best value in town, returns for Mardi Gras weekend and it won’t be back for months.
So I sat down with DJ Mark Dynamix and discussed the importance of Dead or Alive and why they don’t play more Madonna at Electronique.
Mark also brings up that time I played there.
Maynard DJ set at the legendary 80s retro afternoon Electronique.
This is what you missed. Enjoy.
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Join Maynard as he has a top night of 80s carry on with The Human League and Pseudo Echo at The State Theatre, Sydney, December 2017.
Brian Canham with Pseudo Echo were in fine form as the support to The Human League, basically everyone went nuts for two hours.
Hear from the excited crowd as they wait for their favourite song and remember a time when the Dare album was everywhere you went.
Thanks to Monique, Juliet, Jessica, DJ Neil Hume, DJ Mark Alsop, Scott and everyone else bothered by Maynard’s microphone.
But what will The Human League encore song be?
Maynard interview with Brian Canham
Photos: Neil Hume
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Two interviews with Melbourne’s Bachelors from Prague, 1989 & 1990. Henry Maas & Andrew Philipp are both up early (twice) to talk about The Energetic Cool and Great albums.
Despite my not really being able to describe their sound or genre accurately, Henry and Andrew are very patient with me. Even going so far as to give me a job offer.
All the important issues are covered, the size of their dressing room, why they don’t wear bright colours and is their manager Mario Macaroni a fictional character?
We even namecheck a few long gone venues like The Harbourside Brasserie and IDs.
Thankyou to Bachelors from Prague for all the very cool good times.
And they are back,so go see them! (and their dressing room)
Simon Le Bon talks to Maynard ahead of the Duran Duran Australian tour in 2010.
For one brief hour, just this once, I’ll be playing at the Electronique monthly New Wave afternoon this Sunday 3rd September with a New Romantic set sure to impress the shoulder pads off you all.
Duran Duran, ABC, Spandau Ballet, Lene Lovich and even Blue Rondo a la Turk will be played between 4-5pm after which I will possibly be asked to leave the building by management, leaving Mark Vick & Jade to Grey to continue the regular New Wave sounds of the afternoon through to 10pm.
That’s at Harpoon Harrys 4-5pm Sunday.
Maynard plays a touch of New Romantic with Jay Katz
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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.
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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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)
