Bizarre Newcastle was a wonderful one off night hi-lighting some of the bizarre culture of Newcastle. King Street Hotel was the venue as part of the New Annual festival.
Onstage was Pucko, Christa Hughes and Steve Abbot. As well as the documentary Bizarre Newcastle that looked at some odd happenings around town.
Hear some of the sounds from the performers pre-show and all the wacky sounds I played on the night. The first ten minutes are the short performer grabs. The rest is my DJ sets.
Watch Bizarre Newcastle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUh53KjDI9k)
Maynard & Steve Abbott backstage during show.
Pucko on stage at King Street Hotel
With Jules and Richard.
Maynard somewhere there in front of Tom Jones video.
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18 Sept 2026
Starstruck movie after-party soundtrack
Starstruck the greatest Australian movie musical of 1982 featuring a tutu, a cockatoo and Max Cullen, was a huge hit when we we presented it at Sydney Underground Film Festival on Saturday.
300 people over 2 cinemas turned out to laugh and sing along to Gilliam Armstrong’s Starstruck. A film rarely screened in recent decades.
Plenty of Starstruck enthusiasts turned out in costumes, there was even a kangaroo suit, in tribute to the famous kangaroo suit Jackie Mullins peels off during her first song (Temper Temper) in the film at The Lizard Lounge. Which was externally played by Bondi Pavillion in the movie.
Then we all danced to the long deleted Starstruck soundtrack album afterwards for an hour or so before we had to shush up, as the next film was starting at the festival and we didn’t want any trouble. We are like that.
As well as many of the songs off the soundtrack, the sounds of 1982 and adjacent were heard and danced too. I also included music from our previously featured movie masterpieces Can’t Stop The Music and Xanadu.
Maynard & Pete Young in Starstruck outfits for Starstruck movie screening.
Your free Starstruck 2026/2027 calendar is available for download here for you to print out any size you like (https://maynard.com.au/starstruck-calendar/)
Pete & Maynard perform I Want To Live In A House dance onstage. Not to be confused with the original David Atkins choreography.
Brian Thomson, Production Designer on Starstruck with Glenn Keenan/Lesley Fountain and friend.
Part of the 300 people at the Starstruck screening Sydney Underground Film Festival 2026.
Maynard rehearsal with Cardboard Mullins and bubble machine. It seems to be working.
I can’t recommend this Ultimate Starstruck website highly enough. Camille Scaysbrook has all the answers to any questions about the movie, it’s production, it’s locations and more. (https://starstruck1982.weebly.com/)
Maynard dives into Can’t Stop The Music (https://maynard.com.au/you-can-start-the-music-now/)
Listen to last 2025’s Xanadu after-party (https://maynard.com.au/soundtrack-to-xanadu-afterparty/)
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4 Aug 2026
Dr Cara Santa Maria – Skeptics Guide To The Universe
Dr Cara Santa Maria has been with The Skeptics Guide To The Universe podcast for over 11 years now. Along with the rest of the crew, she recently visited Sydney, Australia for NotACon, hosted by SGU and Australian Skeptics. The three day skeptical festival was full of science and science adjacent antics.
During a break in the last night of the show, I was lucky to catch Cara, who is a clinical health psychologist, science communicator, podcaster, and Emmy Award-winning journalist. She has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in 2025 in the Patient and Family Support Program at the Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center. She also holds an M.A. in Clinical Psychology, an M.S. in Biology with a concentration in Neuroscience, and a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Philosophy.
So obviously I started by asking her about Devo ..
Cara Santa Maria 2018. Source: Wiki
Our conversation ranged from advertising on podcasts to being a public figure, and we even speculate on how much George Michael will be played by George Hrab at the 80s Singalong grand finale at NotACon.
Also we discover Cara’s height in the newly discovered German metric measurement of the Zentimeter. Breaking news: she’s 165,000 Zentimeters.
Skeptics Guide To The Universe website (https://www.theskepticsguide.org/)
Talk Nerdy, Cara’s podcast website (https://www.carasantamaria.com/about)
God Awful Movies podcast on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/god-awful-movies/id1041876428)
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