John Pinder and Bani McSpedden

In the early 1970s David Porter was a contributing photographer for some of the most influential Australian Rock music and underground publications (Go-Set, Daily/Planet, Rolling Stone (Australian Edition), The Digger. Porter was based in Melbourne, his subject the zeitgeist of its Rock/Pop music, underground theatre, and Counterculture scenes, sometimes working as ‘David Porter’, sometimes ‘Jacques L’Affrique’, sometimes ‘Jack Africa’. In 1973 he left Melbourne, stopped working in commercial photography, and pursued a teaching career.

JOHN PINDER (b. 1945 d. 2015)
Music, event, and venue producer/impresario. Co-founded the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Circus Oz. Partner in a band management company Let It Be. After producing the T.F. Much and Much More Ballroom events (1971/72) opened The Flying Trapeze Café and The Last Laugh Theatre, Restaurant and Zoo. Up until his death Pinder worked as a producer of comedy performance, festivals, television. His contribution to Australian cultural life was profound.

BANI McSPEDDEN
Co-producer T.F. Much /Much More Ballroom. Partner (with author Peter Carey) in McSpedden Carey Advertising Consultants. Worked as a musician, radio, and music producer. Journalist with The Melbourne Age, columnist Go-Set, editor Vogue Australia (1979-89) and Luxe Magazine.

Relaunch of the T.F. Much Ballroom to the Much More Ballroom