Being inexplicably drawn to that charming Blank Records ape logo made perfect sense after I learned it was designed by Detroit’s Mark Dancey – who wrote and illustrated much of the gut-bustingly funny Motorbooty Magazine that I devoured as a hungry young midwesterner.
Talking to John, the guy that owns Blank Records, coincidences like this crisscross our mutual histories of music collecting/playing/obsessing. Blank is the culmination of a life devoted to hunting down quality platters.
Last Friday and Saturday the owner closed his shopfront in Paramatta so he could collect a fresh acquisition of 2nd hand merch – 5000 LPs and 6000 CDs, not an uncommon haul apparently. Prices start at $15 or $20 for LPs, $10 for CDs, and the selection is all choice cuts.
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Jesen greyhound print chinosAnd the Lord looked down on the sons of men and said, “Let there be more greyhounds on pants. Chinos, in particular.”
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Mr. Carter, ‘Grand Tour’ ...The label blends the conflicting elements of luxury and street with designer, Zach Carter’s, distaste for the heritage aesthetic seen in menswear...
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Proof SunglassesProof wooden eyewear is owned by three brothers whose father used to own a sawmill. They make sunglasses out of the finest hardwoods known to...
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Cheddar PocketsClams, bacon, dough, cheese, cake, bread, chips, smack. Money is delicious! Cenny Coast lads, Cheddar Pocket agree, and so the slang stuck. What...