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04 Jul 2016

The Miltones live at the Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland

The Miltones live at the Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland supporting Sal Valentine & The Babyshakes with thanks to UnderTheRadar and an extra bonus item:

04 Jul 2016

The Beths

The Beths live at the Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland supporting Sal Valentine & The Babyshakes with thanks to UnderTheRadar

04 Jul 2016

Miloux

Miloux live at the Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland supporting Sal Valentine & the Babyshakes with thanks to UnderTheRadar  

27 Jun 2016

Leo Sayer and Lulu

Leo Sayer and Lulu may seem an unlikely paring, but it works.  Although they hit their commercial peaks in different decades their shared love of music shines through. The two performers each brought something different to the party: Lulu has her Carnaby Street cool and Leo an infection puppy dog enthusiasm. And there’s little sign of age in their voices sounding just as powerful as they were the first time around   Their choice of drinking vessels reflected their personalities: Lulu had a white […]

20 Jun 2016

Swervedriver live at the Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland

Shoegaze legends Swervedriver at the Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland.  Photos shot for UnderTheRadar featuring touring bass player extraordinaire Mick Quinn of Supergrass

20 Jun 2016

Fur Patrol live at the Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland

Kiwi legends Fur Patrol supporting Swervedriver at the Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland.  Photos shot for UnderTheRadar

12 Jun 2016

Hospice North Shore Opportunity Shops

Hospice North Shore have a number of ‘Op Shops’ on Auckland’s North Shore.  An Opportunity Shop is sometimes known as a Charity Shop or Thrift Store depending on where you come from. Donated goods are sold in these shops to raise money for the Hospice.  They are staffed mostly by volunteers The company i work for gives all its employees one paid volunteer day per year and i used mine to spend the day at a couple of Hospice Op Shops […]

11 Jun 2016

Bare Truth – Ilan Wittenberg

i love to support other photographers and i was delighted that my friend Ilan Wittenberg was showing his bare truth  images at a Northart gallery i was even more delighted when a mutual friend Alan arrived just before closing time.  Alan is the subject of one of Ilan’s images and was happy to pose next to his photo and with Ilan there’s something special about seeing images printed in a gallery, or in book form go and see Ilan’s work if you get […]

09 Jun 2016

Out There Collective

We have a great opening night for our Out There Collective exhibition on Wednesday night.  The exhibition is on until the 20th June 2016  – i’d love you to pop along if you get a chance! (group photo supplied) here’s the official blurb: Out There Collective Opens Jun 8 , 6pm Jun 8 – Jun 19 Dive through the lenses of some of Auckland’s edgiest and exciting photographic artists and explore their world through a collection of images that stir […]

07 Jun 2016

The Leers live at the Old Folks Association, Auckland

The Leers live at the Old Folks Association, Auckland.  With thanks to UnderTheRadar this was an all age show with support from Courtney Hate and Host Club the Leers are really excellent and i highly recommend you check out their album ‘Are You Curious‘ – i had it on repeat play most of last week!