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Another Xmas show that isn’t for children . In Part 2, Tim Ferguson and Maynard bring you a Xmas show too far. There are more Xmas tunes to play and more friends of Bunga Bunga to wish us all a Merry Shatmas. Guests; Floyd Vincent, Christopher Laird, Rob Darby & Skeptical Richard Saunders, who helps me out with my annual Xmas joke. The post A Very Bunga Bunga Xmas 2014 – Part 2 appeared...

Tijuana Taxi the Sydney sensational Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass cover band are returning to The Camelot Lounge in Marrickville to blow your bolero jacket off. Tina Harris has been a fan of Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass since hearing her parents’ vinyl records as a child. Great instrumental tracks like Spanish Flea, The Lonely Bull, Casino Royale and This Guy’s In Love Wit...

Fiona Patten, outspoken member of the upper house in Victoria has changed the name of her Sex Party to the Reason Party. One thing we know is that everybody wants to be reasonable, but no two people can agree on exactly what it is. Her recent book, Sex, Drugs & The Electoral Roll chronicles her career from Canberra to sex worker to sex industry lobbyist to Sex Party to Reason Party (with phot...

Bunga Bunga 50, the highly anticipated and frankly overexcited 50th show calls to a world sick of reality and soundness of judgement. Tim Ferguson & Maynard remind you why and how Bunga Bunga has become the phenomenon it is today. With help from their famous (and not so famous) friends and stooges, enjoy some quality time with the pre-eminent names in Bunga since 2013. Bunga Bunga 50 could no...

Buster Poindexter (David Johansen of New York Dolls notoriety) took time out from his lunch break while working on new songs with his band. Buster tells you how to dress, how to drink (a martini) and where to live (New York City). But what do ABBA & Tom Jones have to do with it? Buster was a regular on Saturday Night Live in the late 1980s as part of the house band. Where his high hair just s...

Professional troublemaker and arty type, Paul McDermott has had a deserved career hosting and performing on Australian TV since the DAAS breakup. He has his finger in so many creative pies his wrist is often very sore. Listen to his very different take of the history and legacy of The Doug Anthony All Stars & DAAS Kapital. It has been my pleasure to revisit the work of these 3 guys. Even if th...

Richard Fidler, the “nice guy”, the “quiet one” or “the guy with the guitar” in the Doug Anthony All Stars. Faultlessly polite, his memories of DAAS Kapital differ somewhat from Tim & Paul’s. I spoke to Richard Fidler earlier this year about his radio show. The post The DAAS Trilogy – 2 Richard Fidler appeared first on Planet Maynard .

Perhaps the most annoyingly confident member of the Doug Anthony All Stars, Tim Ferguson is excited about the release of DAAS Kapital on DVD. His big mouth also has a lot to say about Richard Fidler & Paul McDermott in this part 1 of The Doug Anthony All Stars trilogy. I also spoke to Tim last year about his theory of comedy. The post The Doug Anthony All Stars Trilogy – 1 Tim Ferguson a...

Bunga Bunga 49 has Tim Ferguson and Maynard heed the call of an Australia and a world in turmoil during dark and stormy times. They bring you plenty of Dutton, teach you how to be DJ and become a famous comedian, in just one half hour. What dance tunes does Maynard consider sure fire floor fillers? Why will he never play that Cold Chisel song? Can Tim explain the Australian political landscape in...

Bunga Bunga 48 sings to the world in a voice not unlike a cat locked out your house on a cold winter’s night. Listen to this show and you won’t get a good night’s sleep. Tim Ferguson and Maynard truely, madly and creepily change the history of Australia’s national anthem while disrespecting several other national anthems in the process. Of course your new national anthem do...

Bunga Bunga 47 proves you do get something for nothing. Tim Ferguson & Maynard have plenty of nothing and are happy to share it with you. Tim and Maynard save the Australian film industry, kidnap a member of the Royal family and Tim even has time to present TWO poems, one from his troublesome teenage years, and the other about the troubled motorcycle riding unemployed screenwriter of Glebe. M...

The Record Store in Goulburn Street, Darlinghurst is where you find Stephan Gyory (after 11am, “we keep civilised hours here”) surrounded by vinyl records of almost every genre (“but we don’t want your old Trance or Prog vinyl”) He’s been in the vinyl record trade since he started at BPM Records in Oxford St (above the old Army disposal store) in 1994. At one st...

Tim Ferguson and Maynard in Bunga Bunga 46, a shenanigan that will live in infamy, answer the questions other podcasts even fear to speak aloud. We even crack open our Crankmail. When is unfunny funny? Should you be polite to Hitler? Why can’t Tim Ferguson ever be friends with Paul McCartney? “If that’s the level of clarity Paul McCartney has about his own lyrics, no wonder John...

Time for a serious Oxford Street lunch with Lance Leopard, but not till after an even more serious viewing of Valley of the Dolls , a movie Lance agrees is a “great starting point for any camp movie collection’. Join Maynard as he visits Lance Leopard, high in his ivory tower of scuttlebutt, where all secrets are hidden and revealed, overlooking the inhospitable wilds of Darlinghurst....

In this Bunga Bunga 45, Tim Ferguson & Maynard deal with comedy, politics, cats, podcasting, fashion, war movies, cartoons, smoking, karaoke, history, religion as well as your Crankmail. Without exception they get it all completely wrong. Tim gives you the names of the best comics at the recent Melbourne Comedy Festival and both of them will impress you with their sporting knowledge. The only...

Lance Leopard is a gay icon and legendary gossip columnist from the glamorous 1990s of the Oxford Street strip, and beyond. Join us in Lance Leopard’s new spot. An ivory tower high above the fray, overlooking Darlinghurst, where secrets are both hidden and revealed. During his tenure as chief gossip and stirrer of The Scene in his weekly columns in The Star Observer, Capital Q, Out Biz and m...

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 ti...

Bunga Bunga 44 with Tim Ferguson & Maynard is an action packed adventure ride through the exciting world of podcasting, popular music and multiple sclerosis. Tim and Maynard are flattered by the review that legendary Who Are These Podcasts? gave them. Really. Tim spills the medical beans on how he copes if his MS gets too intense. Maynard just spills some beans. The results of the Bunga Bunga...

Tim Ferguson & Maynard are very nervous this show, due to their upcoming review on the fearsome Who Are These Podcasts? show. They try and explain themselves and Bunga Bunga, turns out to be not that easy. Listen to what they thought of us at Who Are These Podcasts? Show 92 for the terrible truth. Tim’s art exhibit happens on 18th Feb in Surrey Hills, Sydney. Check his FB page for the ve...

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...

Collette had a huge hit in Australia in 1989 with her cover of the Anita Ward disco classic Ring My Bell which was co-produced by Pee Wee Ferris and Kirk Godfrey. Far from a one hit wonder, Collette Roberts had 2 other charting singles off her first Raze The Roof album and a reasonable amount of nightclub plays for Upside Down & This Will Be (Everlasting Love)  from her second album Attitude i...

Return to the murky meme infested world of Bunga Bunga live. Act 2 of The Festival of Dumb Ideas. In which Tim Ferguson & Maynard are still faffing around on stage at The Harold Park Hotel, on 14th November. They launch a tremendous new quiz show, Well Bunga Me! in which Cheron makes a few mistakes. Guests: Simon Day (Ratcat & graphic designer) & Carrie Hardie (comedy agent & produ...

Bunga Bunga went live with The Festival of Dumb Ideas on Tuesday night. Here is Act 1 of an important moment in Bunga Bunga history. Live from The Harold Park Hotel (how did Tim get upstairs?) in Glebe, 2037. Tim Ferguson and Maynard risk it all in a grab for podcasting glory. Act 1 contains a lot of goofin’ and over 50% of the content edited out. If you weren’t there, you’ll nev...

The calm before the storm that will be Bunga Bunga live, The Festival of Dumb Ideas. Tuesday night Sydney. Maynard meets Tim Ferguson in his Fortress of Arrogance, surrounded by an impenetrable ice wall, no criticism of any kind can get through. In their excitement Tim & Maynard insult most of the major cities of Australia, and Geelong. Probably most Australians as well. Tickets for Tuesday ni...

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...