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June

Worked on ABC website all long weekend with Newcastle Flood coverage

May

Photos from me helping host the Sydney Leather Pride Fair Day at the Shift

April

Back from my cruise Photogallery

March

International Emotional Blackmail Day

December

Weird Al Yankovic rocks the house, and he's coming back in March!!

Nouvelle Vague sound heavenly in a 1980's French kind of way

Clare Kramer, Glory from Buffy visits Australia and I take a walk around Supanova 2006

August

The Music Hunter Podcast 2006 now available every Wednesday for download. Tuesday nights at 9pm on 1233 ABC Newcastle & 92.5FM Central Coast

Sydney Morning Herald, Alexa Moses article on wrong songs I added to the shame.

July

Finally, I get to meet DONNY OSMOND

June

NSW Regional Hairdressing competition, the "new millennium mullet" rules

May

Eurovision 2006 Despite my predictions, Finland wins, Iceland not so.

I run away and join Circus Oz

April

Nick Tate on his role as Alan Carter, Eagle 1 pilot and all round hero in Gerry Anderson's "Space 1999"

Gene Pitney with some great stories

Smashing that old 19" monitor

March

Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade 2006

Aunty Mavis sings up a storm, while playing bowls and keeping the house clean.

Feb

Star Trek "The Trouble With Tribbles", live on stage for Adelaide Festival next month

Maitland goes gay, the only event of the Mardi Gras outside Sydney

Now that International Emotional Blackmail (Valentines) Day is over, the best way to dump someone.

January

The worst Australian song ever. Your call.

Change one thing about Australia, don't stuff it up.

All washed up on Newcastle Beach

December

Xmas - the road less travelled (for a good reason) in gifts & music

Setting up The Peats Ridge Festival

Take your life in your hands go hitchhiking

November

The 90's ARE the new 80's! You Melrose Place fan you.

Wayne Cornell Jnr gets swingin' with The Radiators

October

All 10 Episodes of "The Music Hunter", I hacked my way through the Newcastle music scene and got the inside running on the ABC Newcastle Music Awards. Get the podcast of every show

September

The Klaff Brothers could be the most exciting bottom obsessed Norwegians ever

Who was Loulie Jean Norman you've already heard her voice.

Mia Freedman editor of Cosmo/Cleo/Dolly talks dirtyish.

Melissa Tkautz & her Hawaiian hotpants.

August

Can someone explain 1972? Please?

It could always be worse, you could be Morrissey

In 1980 we lost the 70s, but gained Joe Dolce and The B-52s

July

Maynard's Malaise - Tune in and drop out with some sexy Ukulele (includes gratuitous topless cover art)

Maynard's Malaise - Paul Anka's new album "Rock Swings" sure smells like teen something

Maynard's Malaise - Lance Link, Secret Chimp out on DVD

My close friend Dianne fights leukaemia

The Old Testament without the sex and violence

Maynard's Malaise - is it entertaining or safe to Pull your podcast

Maynard's Malaise - Doctor Who fever grips Australia, ask Tim Ferguson

June

Maynard's Music Malaise- Oompah crazy Germans go nuts over the Tuba

Join me for a legover, or maybe you'd like a couple of old farts

Maynard's Music Malaise- The best US lounge singer of rap, Mr Richard Cheese. Sir Mix-A-Lot never sounded so good.

Maynard's Malaise- Find out how they got Elvis to sing "Old McDonald", the acid probably helped.

May

Maynard's Malaise- Eurovision 2005 "Hooray" for Estonia "boo" to Bulgaria, ambivalence to Sweden

Maynard's Malaise- "I've got a fever, and only one thing can cure it - MORE COWBELL"

Maynard's Malaise- Big Frank (includes goofy version of "Downtown")

April

Maynard's Music Malaise- Acapella disasters

Dead people talkin' (maybe)-EVP

Anzac Dope Biscuits- Yummy

Maynard's Malaise- Songs of WW2 (Glen Miller to Louis Jordan)

Maynard's Malaise- Bette Midler (without those boring ballads)

Live with a man and love it

March

Paris Hilton- role model

Tara Moss charity parade-photo gallery & video

Maynard's Music Malaise-Capt & Tenille & Avril Lavigne

Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade- Syd photo gallery & Newcastle photo gallery

Maynard's Music Malaise- Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Mobile phone virus turns up in Australia for first time

Maynard's Music Malaise- Gregorian Chanters go nuts

February

First episode for 2005 of Maynard's Musical Malaise - The Ditty Bops

January 2005

Back Seat Driver - Tony's 1976 Holden Ute (with ball tearing thump)

December

Martin Fry of ABC toured and I caught him backstage between costumes changes for a quick earful of the 80's

The Goodies are coming in March listen to Graeme Garden worry about his hip

November

In praise of William Shatner's new album "Has Been"

The Porkers take on Japan, hear Pete Porker tell all

Bad hairdays for all

October

Bessie Bardot goes to Iraq as a WMD (Woman of Mass Distraction)

Experience the "moral panic" of a homophobic Newcastle in the 1950's with The Yellow Sock Club

Video, Back Seat Driver- Peugeot 504 owner tries out a new 407 (with brakes)

August

Hear about the Great String Famine of 2004 - prank calling

Radio feature on Jeff Duff's new album - Ground Control To Frank Sinatra

Are tales of the "Paranormal" a lot of old ballsack? Radio feature

JULY

Don't be surprised if you hear me on JOY-FM Melb (Fri nights) & Beat-FM Sydney (Anytime)

April 2004

Liberace feature and lunchtime interview with Rhiana Griffith

March 2004

Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade Video Online, Parade Photo Gallery& Surfest 2004

Febuary 2004

Mardi Gras Fair Day "Doggywood" photo gallery

Interviews - Barry Williams (Greg Brady) & Kate Pierson (B-52's) for ABC radio.

January 2004

DJing a set with Jay Katz at the "Sounds Of Seduction", Annadale Hotel Saturday 24th. Clearly the best night out anywhere.

Radio features on Gerry Anderson and Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark

December 2003

I'll be presenting "Maynard's Musical Malaise" on Sydney 702 as well as Newcastle 1233 this month during drivetime.

Good response to the new CD, most emails say fave track seems to be Stars On 54 or strangely Madison Ave. I love Pop.

October 2003

The new CD is out this month!! On Central Station. At some stores this month you get the last CD free with the new one. I'll be touring to Melb, Adelaide to so keep checking my home page.

 

April 2003

Maynard's Classics 90-95

Click on the cover to find out more or get one yourself.

Out thru Shock Records People!

 

 

 

 

November 2001

Sadly I finished up at 2SER-FM Friday breakfast after 6 years.

Here's Sveta with JD and special guest King Kapesi.

 
 
Last show 2SER
 
Sveta & JD
 
Last show 2SER King K