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Music video by Kings Of Leon performing Knocked Up (Live from iTunes Festival, London, 2013). (C) 2013 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

Kings of Leon is an American rock band formed in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, in 1999. The band consists of brothers Caleb, Nathan, and Jared Followill; and their cousin Matthew Followill.

The band's early music was a blend of Southern rock and garage rock with blues influences, but it has evolved throughout the years to include a variety of music genres and a more alternative rock-based sound. Kings of Leon achieved initial success in the United Kingdom with nine top 40 singles and two BRIT Awards in 2008, and all three of the band's albums at the time peaked in the top five of the UK Albums Chart. Their third album, Because of the Times, reached No. 1.

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Steven Wilson, described by The Telegraph as ‘the most successful British musician most people have never heard of’ embarked on his hugely ambitious sold-out To The Bone world tour in 2018. Founder and frontman of adored outsider rock band Porcupine Tree; one half of Blackfield; a Grammy nominated back catalogue remixer for acts like Roxy Music, King Crimson and Tears for Fears, as well as a solo artist hugely respected for a series of visionary LPs, from 2008’s Insurgentes, to his bestselling album To The Bone. Home Invasion celebrates the very best from across his career so far, presented as a cinematic multi-media show with glorious visualisations and outstanding musicianship. This stunning concert film was captured on the final night of his three night sold out residency at the Royal Albert Hall, London in March 2018, concerts which were hailed by media and fans alike as among the very best shows of the year. Director - James Russell Producer - Andy Derbyshire

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The live medley of "To Be Sad Is A Mad Way To Be" and "Back To The Family" performed by Jethro Tull at the Stockholm Konserthuset on January 9, 1969, is a legendary piece of progressive rock history. 

Historical Significance: This gig was Martin Barre's first recorded concert with Jethro Tull. He had just joined the band a few weeks prior on December 24, 1968, replacing original guitarist Mick Abrahams. 
Jethro Tull played two sets (a daytime and an evening show) as the supporting act for Jimi Hendrix. 
The Tracks: "To Be Sad Is A Mad Way To Be" was a blues song that Ian Anderson wrote but the band never recorded in a studio. "Back To The Family" later became a staple on their landmark 1969 studio album, Stand Up. [Media Preservation: The performance was filmed for Swedish television. The visual of Ian Anderson balancing on one leg while trading off between his flute, harmonica, and gritty vocals remains iconic. 

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The Modern Lovers were an American rock band formed in Natick, Massachusetts in 1970 by Jonathan Richman. The original band existed from 1970 to 1974 but their recordings were not released until 1976 or later. It featured Richman and bassist Ernie Brooks with drummer David Robinson and keyboardist Jerry Harrison.

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The Modern Lovers were an American rock band formed in Natick, Massachusetts in 1970 by Jonathan Richman. The original band existed from 1970 to 1974 but their recordings were not released until 1976 or later. It featured Richman and bassist Ernie Brooks with drummer David Robinson and keyboardist Jerry Harrison.

The album is a MUST to listen to....

Turua Gallery situated in the heart of Saint Heliers is set to become a celebration of colour, creativity and self-expression this spring, with solo exhibitions by celebrated artists Maico Camilo and Georgina Hoby Scutt opening in October and November.

The two exhibitions offer distinctly different artistic experiences – from Maico Camilo’s bold, electric celebration of identity and creative freedom in Unapologetically Dazzling, to Georgina Hoby Scutt’s deeply personal exploration of renewal, resilience and emergence in The Afterlight.
Both exhibitions will feature opening nights at Turua Gallery, giving art lovers and collectors the opportunity to meet the artists and experience the collections in person.

Maico Camilo: Unapologetically Dazzling
16–28 October 2026 | Opening Night: 16 October, 5pm
In-person presale: 15 October

Brazilian-born, New Zealand-based artist Maico Camilo will open the season with Unapologetically Dazzling, a high-energy solo exhibition featuring approximately 20–25 works drawn from his My Wonderful Self, Infinite Bloom, Abstract and Bold Figuratives series.
The exhibition is an unapologetic celebration of colour, confidence and creative liberation, bringing together heavily textured abstract works and expressive, wide-eyed figurative paintings.
Through neon layers, clashing patterns, bold checkerboards and dense impasto textures, Camilo creates an exuberant visual world that encourages viewers to embrace brilliance without hesitation.

“Unapologetically Dazzling is really about embracing who you are without needing permission,” says Camilo. “I want the work to feel alive – full of colour, energy and emotion. There is a freedom in allowing yourself to be seen and in not trying to make everything fit neatly into a box.”
Born in Brazil, Camilo first arrived in New Zealand in 2005 and has since lived and travelled throughout Europe, Asia, South America and Oceania. His experiences across different cultures have informed an artistic practice centred around people, connection, perspective and the way we interpret the world around us.

Over almost two decades, his work has been exhibited and collected internationally, with invitations to show in New York, Milan, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo and Venice, as well as at Auckland Museum.

For Turua Gallery owner Liss Wallace, Camilo’s work offers something beyond its immediate visual impact.

“Maico’s work stops you in your tracks, but then it asks you to look again,” says Wallace. “There is incredible energy and colour, but underneath that is a real sense of conversation. We love that his work doesn’t tell you exactly what to think – it allows you to bring your own experiences and emotions to it.”

Georgina Hoby Scutt: The Afterlight – A Renaissance
6–18 November 2026 | Opening Night: 6 November
Online and in-person presale: 5 November

Following Camilo’s exhibition, Turua Gallery will present The Afterlight, a new collection of 20 paintings by New Zealand artist Georgina Hoby Scutt.

The exhibition explores renewal, transformation and the process of emerging from darkness into something new, expressed through bold colour, gestural mark-making and layered abstraction.
Working across linen and canvas with acrylic, oil and oil pastel, Hoby Scutt’s paintings move between abstraction, landscape and portraiture. Figures and fragments of the natural world appear within layered compositions, creating a sense of memory, movement and connection.
The works range from intimate pieces through to larger 1000mm x 1000mm paintings, with the collection building in intensity as it progresses.

“The Afterlight is about renewal,” says Hoby Scutt. “It’s not about returning to what was but emerging into something new. I wanted the paintings to move from restraint towards freedom, from shadow towards light, and ultimately towards something that feels vibrant and alive.”
With a background in print and textile design, including five years working as a freelance textile designer in Barcelona, Hoby Scutt brings a distinctive understanding of colour, pattern and composition to her painting practice.

She began painting in 2016 and describes herself primarily as a Colourist, drawing inspiration from artists including William de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Lee Krasner, Matisse, Cézanne, Gauguin, Ivon Hitchens and Mary Fedden, alongside contemporary fashion and interiors.
Wallace says The Afterlight represents a powerful evolution in Hoby Scutt’s artistic practice.
“Georgina’s paintings have this incredible sense of movement and optimism,” says Wallace. “You can see the layers building and changing, and there’s something really human about that process. The Afterlight feels like a celebration of resilience – of finding your way through something and coming out the other side with even more colour and energy.”

Two exhibitions, two very different journeys
While the exhibitions are visually and conceptually distinct, Wallace says they share an underlying theme of connection and the emotional power of art.

“Having Maico and Georgina exhibiting so close together is really exciting because their work is so different, but both artists create paintings that make you feel something,” says Wallace. “Maico is bold, electric and completely unapologetic, while Georgina’s work speaks to renewal and finding light. Together, they show just how many ways art can connect with us.”

Turua Gallery is encouraging art lovers, collectors and the wider public to attend the two opening nights, with both artists available to meet guests and experience the exhibitions in person.

EXHIBITION DETAILS
MAICO CAMILO – UNAPOLOGETICALLY DAZZLING
16–28 October 2026
Free entry
Opening Night: Friday 16 October, 5pm
In-person presale: 15 October
Location: Turua Gallery, 10A Turua Street, St Heliers, Auckland
 
GEORGINA HOBY SCUTT – THE AFTERLIGHT
6–18 November 2026
Free entry
Opening Night: Friday 6 November
Online + in-person presale: 5 November
Location: Turua Gallery, 10A Turua Street, St Heliers, Auckland
 

The highly competitive real estate sector is embracing an unusual but highly effective marketing tool: branded cookies and personalised lollipops.

and have seen growing demand from real estate professionals looking to build stronger connections with buyers and sellers through personalised promotional products. 

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BEAT (King Crimson) - The Sheltering Sky • 2024-12-08 • Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, NY • 4K Former King Crimson members Adrian Belew and Tony Levin band together with guitar virtuoso Steve Vai and explosive Tool drummer Danny Carey for the first time to create BEAT, a creative reinterpretation of the three iconic 80s King Crimson albums - Discipline, Beat, and Three Of A Perfect Pair.
 

From Photo Strips to QR Codes: How the Photo Booth Has Changed

There was a time when taking photographs at a party meant finding someone willing to carry a camera around all evening.

Then came the photo booth.

You stepped inside, pressed a button and waited for your photographs.

The idea was simple — and it became enormously popular.

But nearly a century later, the photo booth has changed considerably.

The original photo booth was surprisingly high-tech

When Anatol Josepho introduced his Photomaton in New York in the 1920s, automated photography was a remarkable technological achievement.

The original machines could produce a strip of photographs without requiring a photographer to operate the camera.

The concept spread rapidly, with photo booths appearing in cities around the world.

For decades, the physical photograph was the whole point.

You stepped inside.

You posed.

You waited.

And then you walked away with a strip of photographs.

The smartphone changed the rules

Today almost everyone carries a camera.

That has changed what people expect from event photography.

People don't necessarily need another physical photograph.

They want something they can save, share and send.

That has helped turn the modern photo booth into something quite different from its predecessors.

The booth is now part camera, part entertainment and part social-media experience.

The photograph is only the beginning

With a modern digital selfie booth, guests can interact with the screen, experiment with virtual props and create photographs that are much more spontaneous than a conventional posed event photograph.

The ring light provides the lighting.

The props provide inspiration.

The touchscreen provides the interaction.

And the people provide the fun.

QR codes have changed the handover

Perhaps one of the biggest differences is what happens after the photograph is taken.

Instead of waiting for a photograph to be produced, guests can access their images digitally.

With Get Flashed NZ, photographs are uploaded to an online gallery and guests can use a QR code to access them.

They can also email photographs to themselves.

That makes the photographs immediately useful in the way people now expect photographs to be useful — as digital memories that can be saved or shared.

The organiser gets the bigger picture

There is another advantage to digital photography.

The event organiser doesn't just have access to the photographs that guests happen to save.

The complete collection of event images is supplied to the hirer afterwards.

That can provide a wonderful record of the event.

It can show the official moments, the silly moments and all the little interactions happening around the party.

The photo booth has become entertainment

Perhaps that is the biggest change of all.

The original photo booth was primarily a machine for making photographs.

The modern selfie booth is increasingly an experience.

People gather around it.

They choose props.

They experiment.

They laugh at the results.

They take another photograph.

And then someone else wants a turn.

That makes the photo booth particularly well suited to today's parties and events.

A century later, people still want the same thing

The technology has changed from mechanical cameras and photographic paper to digital cameras, touchscreens, QR codes and online galleries.

But the basic attraction hasn't changed much.

People still like getting together with their friends and taking silly photographs.

That's why, almost a century after the first automated photo booths appeared, the idea remains such a natural fit for parties.

Get Flashed NZ brings that modern version of the photo-booth experience to parties, corporate functions, Christmas events, weddings and celebrations throughout Auckland.

No complicated process.

Just people, props, a camera, a little creativity — and hopefully plenty of laughs.

Get Flashed NZ Photo Booth Hire Auckland — digital event photography designed to be part of the fun.

A selfie booth might look simple.

Step in. Look at the screen. Take a photograph.

But give a group of guests a few props and a little encouragement and it can quickly become one of the most entertaining parts of the event.

Here are ten ideas for getting more out of a selfie booth at your next party or event.

1. Create a "best pose" challenge

Forget the perfect smile.

Challenge guests to come up with the funniest, strangest or most dramatic pose they can think of.

The results can be considerably more entertaining than traditional posed photographs.

2. Make the props part of the entertainment

Give guests access to a box of physical props and see what happens.

Oversized glasses, hats, signs and other accessories can completely change the mood of a photograph.

The more creative the guests become, the better.

3. Try the virtual props

Physical props aren't the only option.

With a digital selfie booth, guests can also experiment with virtual props added directly through the touchscreen.

This can be particularly useful when you're working with a party theme.

4. Get the whole team together

Corporate events are a great opportunity to create photographs of people who don't normally work together.

Try getting an entire department into a photograph.

Then challenge another department to beat it.

5. Create a Christmas theme

Christmas parties are perfect for props.

Santa hats, festive accessories and other seasonal effects can turn a standard photograph into something that immediately identifies the event.

6. Photograph the people who don't normally pose

Some of the best photographs aren't the carefully planned ones.

Look for the people laughing, talking and reacting to what everyone else is doing.

Those spontaneous photographs often become the ones people keep.

7. Make it a couples' activity

At weddings, anniversaries and parties, encourage couples to take a photograph together.

Then ask them to do another one that is completely different.

The second photograph is usually more interesting.

8. Create a collection of group memories

Don't think of the booth as producing individual photographs.

Think of it as creating a visual record of the event.

One group after another can add to the collection throughout the evening.

9. Let guests take their favourites home digitally

With Get Flashed NZ, guests can access their photographs through a QR code and can also email photographs directly to themselves.

That means they don't have to wait until someone else posts them online.

They can save their favourite images themselves.

10. Give the organiser the complete collection

The photographs aren't just for the guests.

After the event, the organiser receives the complete collection of images.

That means the photographs can become a record of the entire evening — including some moments the organiser may not have seen personally.

A simple idea that can create a lot of memories

The great thing about a selfie booth is that it doesn't require guests to be professional photographers or performers.

They simply have to be willing to have a little fun.

Get Flashed NZ provides photo booth hire across the Auckland region, with a ring-light setup, physical props and virtual props available through the touchscreen.

The photographs are digital, with QR-code access and email sharing for guests.

Whether it's a birthday party, wedding, Christmas function or corporate event, the principle is the same:

Give people an opportunity to have fun together, and they'll usually create the memories themselves.

Get Flashed NZ Photo Booth Hire — helping Auckland parties capture the fun, one selfie at a time.

There is a familiar challenge facing anyone organising a company Christmas party.

How do you get everyone to actually relax?

It's one thing to book a restaurant, organise catering and provide a few drinks. It's another thing to create an atmosphere where colleagues from different departments actually mix, talk and have fun together.

That is one reason interactive entertainment has become such an appealing addition to corporate events.

And a selfie booth is one of the simplest options.

An activity that doesn't feel like an activity

The problem with some organised activities is that everyone knows they're an organised activity.

A photo booth is different.

Nobody has to participate.

There are no teams to organise, no complicated instructions and no schedule to follow.

The booth is simply available.

Someone walks over with a colleague.

They take a photograph.

Someone else sees what they're doing and joins in.

Before long, the booth can become a natural meeting point at the event.

Breaking down the departmental barriers

ompanies can have surprisingly strong social divisions.

Marketing may rarely speak to accounts. Management may not know many people in another department. New employees may only know the people they work with every day.

A photograph can be a remarkably easy icebreaker.

"Come and get a photo" is a much easier invitation than "Would you like to participate in this team-building exercise?"

The props help too.

A ridiculous hat or virtual pair of glasses can make a formal corporate environment feel considerably less formal.

Digital sharing suits modern events

Today's corporate events are also much more digital than they once were.

Guests don't necessarily need a physical keepsake to remember the night.

With Get Flashed NZ, guests can access their photographs through a QR code and can email images directly to themselves.

That makes it easy for employees to save their favourite photographs and share them afterwards.

The organiser receives the complete set of event photographs as well, creating a digital record of the celebration.

It doesn't have to take over the party

Another advantage of a selfie booth is that it doesn't require the entire room to stop what they're doing.

Guests can use it between courses, during drinks, while waiting for entertainment or simply when they notice an opportunity for another photograph.

That makes it particularly flexible for corporate Christmas functions.

It can be there throughout the event without requiring an MC to continually explain what guests should be doing.

Auckland Christmas functions are all about the experience

As companies plan their end-of-year celebrations, there is increasing emphasis on experiences rather than simply putting everyone around a table.

Recent Auckland event-planning coverage reflects that broader shift towards celebrations built around shared experiences and activities.

A selfie booth fits neatly into that idea.

It provides something people can actively participate in while still allowing the rest of the event to carry on around it.

Get Flashed NZ — Auckland-wide photo booth hire

Get Flashed NZ provides digital photo booth hire throughout the Auckland region.

The booth includes a ring light and a selection of physical props, while guests can also add virtual props using the touchscreen.

Photographs are uploaded to an online gallery and can be accessed by guests using a QR code. Guests can also email photographs to themselves.

After the event, the organiser receives the complete collection of photographs.

For companies looking for an easy way to add some fun and interaction to their Christmas function, it is an option worth considering.

Because sometimes the best part of the Christmas party isn't the speech, the meal or the venue.

It's the photograph someone takes when nobody is taking themselves too seriously.

Planning a corporate Christmas party in Auckland? Get Flashed NZ can add a digital selfie-booth experience to your end-of-year celebration.

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40th Anniversary Remaster! Full remastered, color-corrected and upscaled to 1080p / 50fps Joy Division live at "Granada Reports", Granada TV 20th of September 1978 Their first TV appearance! Introduced by Bob Greaves and Anthony "Tony" Wilson We planned to post it on the 20th of September but didn't have time due to the complexity of some works. We hope you'll enjoy unseen previously videos and the best possible quality. Credits: Reamstering of video & audio, mixing & synced by Fage Colour-correction, opening & titles by Fadedge (aka Sin Nerv)