STACK #250 August 2025

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# 1 MY FIRST ALBUM

Which recent album do you currently have on repeat? The Death of Peace of Mind - Bad Omens. What’s your all-time favourite album and why? Because of the Times - Kings of Leon. Do you have a vinyl collection? If so, how did it begin, and expand? Yes! My vinyl collection started by picking up classic albums from op shops and Sunday markets. Slowly but surely, I started buying my favourite albums on vinyl at work! What do you enjoy most about working in music at JB? Working with like-minded people who are just as interested in music as I am! We often talk about music: what’s coming out, who’s currently trending, etc. which keeps us all up to date and helpful when customers get stuck with album and song names!

My first rock album purchase was The Rolling Stones. I would have been 16, maybe 17, and it was their self-titled debut, featuring I’m a King Bee and Can I Get a Witness . I bought the album from the local record store in Richmond in Melbourne, where I lived. I can’t recall how much I paid for it. Of course, it was on vinyl, and I just couldn’t stop looking at the cover, and listening to the magic contained in the tracks. I played it and played it and then played it some more. Unfortunately, I don’t have the album anymore. I should buy it again and relive all that magic. From the Stones to the Beatles to Manfred Mann and the Kinks; John Lee Hooker through to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Neil Young... the list of journeys goes on forever. It was like a trip through the universe, discovering so many varied and unusual planets and stars. RUSSELL MORRIS

AUGUST

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STEFFI AME Merchandise manager @ JB Camberwell, VIC

Russell Morris is now doing his Farewell Tour. His catalogue is available via Ambition, and he is featured on Swanee’s new duets album Believe

What’s an early, cherished music memory? Waking up to Eagles songs on weekends while my parents made breakfast.

In the hotseat is GORDI, who is releasing her third album, Like Plasticine , this month.

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Aside from yourself, which musician would you most like to be? André 3000. What’s the most ridiculous item you’ve ever put on your rider? I’m just a simple girl and I only really need hummus. Your funeral song? Only the Good Die Young .

What would be your Hard Quiz expert subject? The Harry Potter films. Song you wish you’d written? Brooklyn Bridge by Anaïs Mitchell. If you weren’t a rock star, what would you be? A doctor. Last album you bought? Siren by Obscura Hail.

Five words to describe yourself: Reflective, optimistic, trusting, analytical, affable. Your all-time favourite album? Bon Iver’s 22, A Million . What did your most memorable school report say? I once sat a piano exam and the examiner’s comment on my sight reading was “Utterly disturbing”.

Like Plasticine by Gordi is out Aug 8 via Mushroom

Happiness is… in the everyday.

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