Tag Archives: 80s

General, Maynard, Retro, Video

Video – Rewind Volume 2, Kinselas nightclub.

Kinselas nightclub Sydney is the setting for this journey through the Rewind Volume 2 CD (disc one).

The renovations to the middle bar had the place looking as clean as it was ever going to be. So I’m sure you’ll enjoy the decor in between the music clips.

A show about a CD from Kinselas night club. How 2001 is that?

You’ll cop tracks from MC Hammer, Bananarama, Ce Ce Peniston, Beats International, Sunscream, Snap, Blondie, Kriss Kross, De La Soul and more. It’s a packed show.

Still from Dee Lite music clip
Love some Deee-Lite

Deee-Lite was Towa Tei and DJ Dimitry, with Lady Miss Kier cooing out front of a wicked bass groove produced by legendary 70s funkster Bootsy Collins & Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest. This track is from the World Clique album featuring a lot of faux fur.

Maynard's Rewind Volume 2 CD
Maynard’s Rewind Volume 2 CD
Kriss Kross
It’s wiggida wiggida wiggida wack

Kriss Kross are the winners of the stupidest street clothing look of the 1990s. These two thirteen year old kids Chris Smith and Chris Kelly wore their pants backwards. No wonder their follow up was called I Missed The Bus.

Maynard running in Kinselas nightclub Sydney
Gotta run, late for work

Maynard with Kylie Minogue interview 1997

Lance Leopard, Maynard, Retro

U Gotta See This! Can’t Stop The Music (1980)

Movie buff Lance Leopard and movie bluffer Maynard present the greatest disco musical starring Olympian Bruce Jenner & Village People CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC (1980)

Tuesday night 3rd September at Red Bar.

Lance and Maynard both have what can only be described as an intimate knowledge of this musical. They’ll combine their knowledge for what will be a unique group viewing experience, U Gotta See This!

Maynard supports Village People, Enmore Theatre 2005

Maynard promises great Village People stories and clips from his pop culture collection of disco.

Facebook event for U Gotta See This! Can”t Stop The Music

General, Maynard

Groove with Maynard in Perth Saturday night

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

Maynard hold up 'Poor use of metaphor" sign while djing
Maynard with musical advisory sign.

General, Retro

Electronique 80s for Mardi Gras

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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.

Electronique on Facebook

Electronique music mixes on Mixcloud

That one time Maynard played Electronique

Retro

The Human League & Pseudo Echo at State Theatre

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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?

Pseudo Echo live album

The Human League live album

Maynard interview with Brian Canham

Photos: Neil Hume

The Human League onstage State Theatre, Sydney
The Human League onstage State Theatre, Sydney

General, Retro

Bachelors from Prague, perpetual cool

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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)

Bachelors from Prague Facebook page

Retro

Maynard goes New Romantic on Sunday

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.

Electronique on Facebook

Maynard plays a touch of New Romantic with Jay Katz

ABC Lexicon Of Love - London 1982
ABC Lexicon Of Love – London 1982