Jonathan Ganley

. . . and a whole lot of other good stuff as well ! #postpunkauckland #thefall #thebirthdayparty #chrisknox #theclash #snapper #thegobetweens #theverlaines #straitjacketfits #thecakekitchen #huntersandcollectors #neworder #birdnestroys #abletasmans #fetusproductions . . .

'CRUSH – Photos from Post-Punk Auckland' is now back in stock at @FlyingNun - on K Rd Auckland & Cuba St Wellington. Order online at flyingnun.co.nz Also at Time Out Bookstore, Mt Eden - timeout.co.nz Contains many of those Fall photos I posted about recently

@southpaw1858 @hanleyPa @8bitnortherner The long gone Sounds Unlimited in lower Queen St.

@hanleyPa @8bitnortherner Brilliant photos- Live at Mainstreet - wonder which record store that is?

There’s some brilliant stuff in the exhibition, including the photos below. Curated by @8bitnortherner no less!!

Some of these 1982 photos of The Fall in Auckland will be exhibited at the @fallfuturepast festival in Manchester, 5-7 June 2026. I like the idea these images have made a 44 year journey, and they will be there, where it all began, with @hanleyPa @Stephenhanley6 and @marcrileydj

Jim Nothing taking a solo trip through the Great Unwashed/Peter Gutteridge classic 'Born In The Wrong Time' - at the launch of @richlangston2's new book 'The Clean - In The Dreamlife You Need A Rubber Soul'. In the @FlyingNun basement, K Rd, April 15 2026. Go get that book!

Andrew Wilson and band playing at @FlyingOutMusic on Saturday Jan 24 - some excellent songs from his new AW project album 'The Nerve'.

hold onto the rail cos its coming - april 2026 aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/the-clean/

Vale Mike O'Neill - with the Screaming Meemees at the Auckland Town Hall, 1982.

"The sound that explodes behind him is Crystalator – the abrasive first single by Dimmer ... depending on how you look at it, it’s the sound of a maverick talent who can’t be bought, or a man familiar with the dark arts of self-sabotage" theguardian.com/music/2025/dec…

... as Smith wrote in his autobiography 'Renegade' the first New Zealand tour by The Fall was no big deal: "There was nobody at the airport - just five guys with long hair saying 'Get in the van!'" #thefall #flyingnunrecords #chrisknox

... (published today by Auckland University Press) Craig Robertson goes into the Fall tour in depth, and details the mess caused for Flying Nun by 'Fall In A Hole'. But memories are mixed and can be unreliable ...

Here's a great Chris Knox cartoon that still makes me laugh - the illustration from his 1985 Listener review of 'This Nation's Saving Grace', clearly based on my 1982 photo of Mark Smith at Sounds Unlimited. In his Knox biography 'Not Given Lightly' ...

Karang-a-Hape – Mercury Lane / South Pacific Tattooing – Cross St / Vote Reynolds – Upper Queen St. #karangahape

Forty years today since L'Affaire Greenpeace began. This was taken a year later, of the refloated but derelict Rainbow Warrior tied up at North Wharf. The ship is now 27 meters underwater at Matauri Bay. The sheds on the left are now bars and restaurants.

...featuring the late Andrew Brough, and crowdfunding is now underway to get the licensing sorted. Link also on the Life In One Chord FB page. #lifeinonechord #straitjacketfits

Coming up in the NZIFF: Life in One Chord - a documentary about New Zealand music legend Shayne Carter. Good to see my *moody* September 1988 photo of Shayne at the Gluepot looming in the background of this poster. There's a first brief excerpt on the film's FB page today ...

@oueni69 The solo show in November was good, but why has Bob never brought any band to NZ ?

Scaffolded lighting tower on the Dominion Rd extension.

#snoozeyoulose #postpunk #postpunkauckland

. . . available from the good folks at @FlyingOutMusic in Pitt St, from @FlyingNun Records in K Rd Auckland, Cuba St Wellington, and Shands Lane Christchurch, and from Time Out Bookstore in the charming Mt Eden village. Wonderful illustration as always by S Ganley . . .

Look out, you rock 'n' rollers. Christmas is almost here. Don't be caught napping. Fortunately, the solution to your gift dilemma for the post-punk music fan in your life is readily solved with a copy of 'CRUSH – Photos from Post-Punk Auckland'. Get in now, with copies . . .