💸 Recent Records: Aaliyah, Sum 41, Death Cab for Cutie

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001) [YouTube: We Need a Resolution] Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler (2001) [YouTube: Fat Lip] Death Cab for Cutie - We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes (2000) [YouTube: Company Calls Epilogue]

March 22, 2025 · Brent

💸 Recent Records: The Beta Band, Blur

The Beta Band - The Beta Band (1999) [YouTube: It’s Not Too Beautiful] Blur - Modern Life is Rubish (1993) [30th Anniversary] [YouTube: For Tomorow]

February 27, 2025 · Brent

🍽️ Recent Eats: Rice for breakfast

I can’t do it often, but…asian breakfasts with rice & meat 👌 Longsilog - Sweet chilli chorizo served with garlic rice, fried egg and pickled cucumber CEREE, Melbourne CBD [Filipino] Spam, Sausage & Fried Eggs with Sweet Soy Sauce Rice D1 Cafe, Glen Waverley [Hong Kong]

February 8, 2025 · Brent

🧸 The other hotel guests

Every morning these guys were in a new position 📍 Sofitel Singapore City Centre

January 31, 2025 · Brent

🎧 Playlist: Wide Open Space - Millennial Psychedelia

Apple Music Playlist: In the late ’90s, neo-psych bands like Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips began to explore a lighter, more expansive psychedelic pop, often full of orchestral elements. Elsewhere, both British and American bands began flirting with lysergic colours in their indie rock, including The Beta Band, Lambchop and The Verve. Nice nice

January 19, 2025 · Brent

💸 Recent Records: Fontaines D.C., The Shins, Fatboy Slim, De La Soul, No Doubt

Fontaines D.C. - Romance (2024) [YouTube: Starburster] The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow (2003) [20th Anniversary edition - Die Cut Cover] [YouTube: Saint Simon] Fatboy Slim - You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby (1998) [YouTube: Praise You] De La Soul – 3 Feet High And Rising (1989) [YouTube: The Magic Number] No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (1995) [YouTube: Don’t Speak]

January 15, 2025 · Brent

📸 Back Then: Chadstone Shopping Centre, 2003

Some old photos of Chaddy on a winter day in July, 2003 Taken with an Olympus D-490 Zoom camera

January 3, 2025 · Brent

💸 Recent Records: Yard Act, Madonna, Placebo

Yard Act - Where’s My Utopia? (2024) [YouTube: Live From Utopia] Madonna - Ray of Light (1998) [YouTube: Drowned World / Substitue For Love] Placebo - Placebo (1996) [YouTube: Teenage Angst]

December 3, 2024 · Brent

💸 Recent Records: The Smile, Brandy, Björk, Tribe Called Quest, Pixies

The Smile - Cutouts (2024) [YouTube: Eyes & Mouth] Brandy - Brandy (1994) [YouTube: Best Friend] Björk - Vespertine (2001) [YouTube: Pagan Poetry] A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991) [YouTube: Check The Rhime] Pixies - Surfer Rosa (1988)) [YouTube: Where Is My Mind?]

November 8, 2024 · Brent

🏠 Record storage with IKEA EKET

IKEA’s KALLAX series a popular solution for vinyl storage. It’s cheap, widely available and comes in different grid configurations like 2x2 and 4x4. I’ve used it previously & it’s great. I’ve since switched to IKEA’s other cube storage - EKET, for my records. The main reason was I wanted a more modular solution for my growing collection. Where KALLAX is sold in grids, EKET is sold as individual cubes you can arrange and stack to suit your needs. ...

October 9, 2024 · Brent