There’s obviously more than a few of us that understand the more things change the more they stay the same. See also: streaming vs DVDs.

Is it just a coincidence that the 90s and early 00s were the “golden era” for pop, hip hop, and edm? Any others?

This week’s music downloads. I really must have gone through several moods 😂: 1. Boys In Town - Divinyls 2. Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf (album) 3. Around the World - A Touch of Class 4. Hypnotize - Notorious B.I.G. 5. Woman in Love - Barbra Streisand

Today’s additions to my scrapbook @thetiser.bsky.social

People not realising that going to the cinemas is expensive because people aren’t going to the cinemas.

My parents have approached me for some financial help, which is fine, I’ll do what I can. But they’re too afraid to ask my brother, who is in a way better financial position than me to help, because they’re afraid of what he and his wife/inlaws might think. How does it get to this?

I really wish bands being popular was a thing again.

I love this man. This is a big part of what music is, and it always has been.

RIP Mel Schilling, a beautiful soul lost #fuckcancer #mafsau

Five-song download week just completed, 19 singles and one album since the year began. This week I downloaded: 1. Grapevine - Marvin Gaye 2. These Dreams - Heart 3. Stupid Girl - Garbage 4. All Right Now - Free 5. Honey - Mariah Carey

I think it was said best by Boff Whalley of Chumbawamba (makers of the hit single Tubthumping): “‘Tubthumping'… has nothing whatsoever in common with wealthy politicians with extremist anti-liberal agendas. ...The right doesn't have any good songs. That's why they keep trying to nick ours."

Been at my new job now for nearly two months (almost off probation - three months - woohoo). I’m still a trainee, here with my trainer doing a train examination of a Melbourne-Perth freight train, checking handbrakes are off, brake blocks are functioning, and load is sitting correctly on the wagons.

I don’t think it would be too far from the truth to say that Isley Brothers music is a perfect match for Sunday mornings.

I didn’t even realise this was a thing until I thought about it. Yes, this is me.

I’m on a bit of an “Aussie-made” arc with my weekly music downloads at the moment. The last four have all been locally-made: Take You Down - Rogue Traders Baby Animals (eponymous album) He’s Just No Good for You - Mental as Anything Crazy - Icehouse Just the best!

Nothing less than a rebellion will oust this administration.

I think we should just put females in charge of everything.

At the end of it all music, as it always has, will be proven to have the correct read on current political goings on.

It’s 2026 here in Oz now. So here’s to new beginnings. Wishing you all a healthy and prosperous new year.

I’m a man of simple tastes: Britney in the Oops song. Back when pop ruled. This video had me glued to Rage every Saturday morning. Rage of course being the Australian music video show which is the longest running program of its type in the world.

Countless happy moments of my life are comprised of fleeting chance human interactions or “lost in my thoughts” occasions; the locked gaze, the head nod, the knowing smile. I despair at how these moments are being robbed by mobile tech and people’s general inability to put away their phone.

Speaking of song downloads, I am now at 64 for the year, plus one album. If you go by the rules that one single download equals 150 streams and one album download equals 1250 streams, then for about $150 I’ve streamed nearly 9900 songs since about June. And my playlist is 💋. Fuck streaming.

I never realised how hard the Psychdelic Furs’ Love My Way hits. Instant download.

These are what I’ll be driving in my next job 😍

I’ve got until tomorrow to decide to accept this new job offer. One click to decide to stay on a comfortable trajectory, or to choose a change that will improve our life immensely, albeit a change that will be slightly less family-friendly. The gravity.

Wired headphone user here. So I couldn’t agree more with this post.

Fascinating.

Shirley last night ❤️ it only took me 30 years but I finally got to see @garbage.com live, and they still put on an epic show!

I guess I’m dying on the “no beach balls at outdoor music festivals” hill.

Can’t wait to show that I didn’t stream anything on Spotify this year. Again. Just like I didn’t on any other platform.

Just listening to this song got me pregnant.

Tool playing Stinkfist to end their second Adelaide show last night. We loved their first show so much we went back for night two!

Even if they aren’t your jam (like me), @toolmusic.bsky.social are spectacular to watch - one of those rare bands that are even better live. And they’re meant to be watched live - a modern-day Pink Floyd, the show an audio-visual journey. Last night their’s was the most rock concert I’ve been to.

I’m meant to be listening to Tool as wifey sent me a possible set list for their show that we’re going to on Friday. But so far it’s been a Junior Walker kind of week. Sorry, Maynard.

The monologue from his apartment as Mickey walked down the stairs, probably my favourite group of lines of all time.

Just bought the VIP package for the Adelaide leg of the @garbage.com Australian tour eek! This will be a life highlight for me ❤️

I can’t take “Black Friday” sales seriously when it’s not actually a Black Friday, in the same way I can’t take “hoverboards” seriously when they don’t actually hover.

I’m still not sure that I’ll ever adequately be able to explain to our kids - at any age - that when we all used to use landlines that if one of the talkers hung up and the other didn’t, the person who hung up wouldn’t be able to use their phone again until the other hung up at their end.

Tom Waits is a legend.

The eldest wanted to watch a movie on tv, which of course was only available through one of the platforms. But to sign up was so convoluted it didn’t end up happening. All it did was remind me to go out this week and buy the dvd player/tv converter. Fuck subscriptions.

In other news, I’m off to see my favourite band ever, @garbage.com! Got fingers crossed there’ll be extra packages available. PS the AUD119.00 for GA is a bargain; thanks for coming to little ol’ Adelaide.

As soon as I heard Danger Zone as the backing track to Trump’s poo video I said to the wife I bet he didn’t pay to use that song. And guess what? He didn’t. What is it with the right and just stealing other people’s work?

Meanwhile over at Music Gaga things are ticking along; 7K followers in seven weeks. People are really responding to the birthday/death-day nostalgia. Although there’s a definite pattern to which era gets the better interactions. Most posts about bands like Rush, Who, Deep Purple, and Canned Heat…

A taste of today’s housework playlist.

My soul journey began today with the downloading of The Closer I Get to You, a first for my music collection from this genre. Today (Oct 1) is Donny Hathaway’s Heavenly Birthday, and this song is pure ear pleasure 🔥

Step aside Flowers, the new Miley Cyrus song Secrets with Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood is an absolute banger.

How seriously stupid is our world rn.

31 song downloads and one album so far, since April 💪

Imagine if this many people canceled their subscriptions over the deplorable deal music artists get.