After 30 minutes of technical issues on both sides Rob Darby finally get’s me on the phone. Cranky but always ready to talk with Rob Darby about a wide ranging group of issues.
None of which we solve. But I did bring the correct size soapbox.
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Almost Live From The Castanet Club – Ep 3
Be loud, be proud and prepare ye for the third and final episode of Almost Live from the Castanet Club! from the now closed Castanet Club exhibition.
With current public health orders preventing visitors from experiencing our special exhibition The Castanet Club – An exhibition you can dance to! in person, we’re bringing the fun to you with this limited release variety show.
In true Castanet Club collaborative style, we’ve gathered talented musicians, videographers, sound engineers and visual artists to produce a modern take on a classic Novocastrian attitude: get your friends together, have fun, make art and share it!
We bring you a big finish with Newcastle legends Fish Fry getting us off to a roaring start with 24 Hours from Tulsa. Maynard and Zorica demonstrate Rodney Cambridge MBE’s Lamington Recipe (concluding it’s easier to go to the bakery). Finally, Nastassja Bassi haunts us from 1986 with a beautiful version of Wuthering Heights.
Watch The Castanet Club Comes to YOU!
The Castanet Club facebook page
Get your Castanet Club full colour 110 page book with over 200 photos you haven’t seen…
Smells Like Maynard – Part 1
Maynard is questioned about his musical choices by Charlie Fatt. Dig some Bananarama, Right Said Fred, Electric Six and The Castanet Club finally together on the same show.
Almost Live From The Castanet Club – Ep 2
Sit back, put on your loudest shirt, and enjoy! Newcastle Museum is proud to bring you Almost Live from the Castanet Club!
With current public health orders preventing visitors from experiencing our special exhibition The Castanet Club – An exhibition you can dance to! in person, we’re bringing the fun to you with this limited release variety show.
In true Castanet Club collaborative style, we’ve gathered talented musicians, videographers, sound engineers and visual artists to produce a modern take on a classic Novocastrian attitude: get your friends together, have fun, make art and share it!
In today’s show Maynard goes on a deep dive into the complex history of and uses for bunting with Newcastle Museum’s head bunter Emma and ask who on a Royal Navy ship is known as the “bunts”? Lance Norton overcomes a shambolic start to a Tom Jones classic at the Sydney Trade Union Club in December 1984, and we finish off with high operatic drama from the Nutbush Seating Limits singing The Legend of Xanadu!
Almost Live From The Castanet Club – Ep 1
Sit back, put on your most outrageous jumper, and enjoy! Newcastle Museum is proud to bring you Almost Live from the Castanet Club!
With current public health orders preventing visitors from experiencing our special exhibition The Castanet Club – An exhibition you can dance to! in person, we’re bringing the fun to you with this limited release variety show.
In true Castanet Club collaborative style, we’ve gathered talented musicians, videographers, sound engineers and visual artists to produce a modern take on a classic Novocastrian attitude: get your friends together, have fun, make art and share it!
For our first episode of Almost Live The Medley Sisters join us from 1988 and get into a banjo duel – except with a violin and an accordion. Maynard makes a special Castanet Club themed cocktail with scientist Catherine and Sprout Catering & Kitchen bartender Harry (they also chat about sedimentary rocks). We round off this electric experiment in almost live entertainment with The Lairs, who take us all the way to Las Vegas!
Watch the August Maynardarama video livestream
Saturday night Maynardarama broadcast to the world a message of foolishness and colourful tea towels wrapped in the grooves that are so needed these days.
Enjoy a trampoline with Ann-Margret, a casually undone bow tie with Tom jones or maybe marvel at Mari Wilson changing her outfit in under 25 seconds on live TV. Tim Ferguson drops in to monkey around AND International (but mainly NSW) Tea Towel News.
Watch previous Castanet Club based video livestreams from August
The Castanet Club Comes to YOU! – (Final)
Maynard brings the colour and movement that was The Castanet Club 1982-1991 into your home (Final show)*.
Tune in one last time. Hang onto your Lana Caruso hat, because you’ll need it for this show.
Videos and songs from Castanet Club archives, as well as some photos even we’ve never seen. See the Newcastle Museum exhibition from afar, close up and live from Maynard International Studios. Plus videos of a few of the artists that influenced The Castanet Club.
See what can be done with just some really old slide photos and VHS tapes.
Lance, Rodney, Warren, Kid Paganini, Nastassja Bassi, Jodi Shields and Leslie Fountain will be on our final show this Saturday night.
*show may not go as planned. Some viewers may be underwhelmed.
Here is the second show from Saturday 31st July, the final Castanet Club Come to YOU!
Have a Madd New Year this New Year’s Eve
Its a Madd New Year from 9pm New Year’s Eve through to 1am. Video livestream LIVE at Mixcloud.
Every Madd Club video livestream from this year. PLUS at midnight Maynard live to air interviews (direct from VHS) at NYE 1987/88 Rage Hordern RAT party.
THEN get your groove on watching the hot retro explosion that was Ant, Kate & Maynard working The Moshpit, Newtown in Septembertill about 1am.
Get your kook on with a Madd New Year.. See you in the chat room from 9pm.
Facebook event for Madd New Year
Maynard Mixcloud live page from 9pm – 1am New Year’s Madd
Video – Aussie women special
The power and retro poise of Aussie women is on display in this show unseen since 2000.
Groove to clips from Kate Cebrano, Christie Allen, Collette, Divinyls, Renee Geyer, Melissa, Jo Kennedy and of course Kylie AND Dannii.
Frank Bennett TV Special
Frank Bennett was the swingin’ guest on Rewind on the release of his Cash Landing album in 1999. What a guy, what a sound, what a suit!
Frank’s career spans 2 albums, a cable TV show and live appearances across Australia since 1995. Even multi ARIA nominations didn’t slow him down.
Everything you ever wanted to know about the big band boy from Bankstown is on this hour special.
Plus music clips from Nina Simone, Frank, Elvis, even Bob Downe with Pastel Vespa.
