Media
Music, movies, documentaries, and books worth your actual time, from a Discogs vinyl collection and where to buy records in New Zealand to design documentaries, iconic album covers, and the best stand-up comedy specials, ranked by hand.
Ranked: 30+ best stand-up comedy specials to stream
One person, a microphone, and an hour to win over a room full of strangers, there's something captivating about a great stand-up special. Here's a personal, ranked list of 30+ of the best, crowd-pleasers to career-defining sets.
50 best album covers & most iconic artwork of all time
The backstory, hidden details and the designers behind 50 of the most interesting and iconic album covers ever made, chosen and ranked one by one, covering decades of music, art direction and graphic design history from record sleeves.
9 design documentaries & movies to add to your watchlist
Nine documentaries about design, creativity and craft that are genuinely worth your time, covering graphic design, typography, urban planning, advertising and indie game development from people who obsess over the details.
Where to buy vinyl records in-store & online in New Zealand
Real Groovy offers points on every purchase and free shipping over $100, New Zealand's largest supplier of new and used music since 1981. A guide to where to actually buy vinyl records in New Zealand, in-store and online.
My love of music & building a vinyl collection with Discogs
I just finished adding my entire record collection to Discogs, the largest online music database where collectors buy and sell with each other. A look at the collection itself, my home listening setup, and how it all came together.
Books that challenged & fundamentally reshaped how I think
These books aren't really about the industries they're set in, they're about the people behind them: founders who bootstrapped from nothing, a cartoonist who turned failure into a career. A reading list that genuinely reshaped how I think.