Archive · Melbourne · since 2018

Jonah Reyes

Records other people's music in Melbourne. Chases festivals, loud guitars and cold water.

91 experiences·20 films·14 albums·10 books·8 places

91 layers · 2018–2025

Saw live · 9 November 2025

One Battle After Another

Watched · 26 September 2025

Listened · 26 September 2025

Attended · 7 June 2025

Listened · 6 June 2025

“He learned bass during lockdown. Four songs at the Tote with three other retirees. I mixed it. Cried behind the desk.”

Dad's first gig, at 68

Happened · 24 May 2025

Watched · 20 April 2025

Watched · 13 April 2025

“The marching band finale. Theodore Shapiro's score. Watched it the same night as Mira, texting the whole time.”

Watched · 22 March 2025

Attended · 8 March 2025

Saw live · 12 February 2025

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Saw live · 14 December 2024

Meredith Music Festival

Attended · 6 December 2024

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Saw live · 29 November 2024

Listened · 23 November 2024

Cartoon Darkness

Listened · 25 October 2024

Watched · 5 October 2024

Listened · 30 August 2024

Listened · 23 August 2024

“Two thousand naked strangers running into the Derwent at sunrise in 4 degrees. I have never felt more alive or more cold.”

Nude solstice swim

Happened · 21 June 2024

Cradle Mountain

Visited · 16 June 2024

Visited · 15 June 2024

Attended · 14 June 2024

Travelled · 13 June 2024

Listened · 7 June 2024

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Watched · 25 May 2024

Watched · 4 May 2024

Played · 6 April 2024

Two Star & the Dream Police

Listened · 2 March 2024

Watched · 1 March 2024

The Zone of Interest

Watched · 24 February 2024

Watched · 10 February 2024

Restaurant3 Feb

Ate at · 3 February 2024

Listened · 26 January 2024

Visited · 20 January 2024

“Every Sunday since. 7am, the bathing boxes, six of us and a thermos. It's a cult and I'm fine with it.”

First Sunday cold plunge

Happened · 7 January 2024

Godzilla Minus One

Watched · 9 December 2023

Anatomy of a Fall

Watched · 18 November 2023

Restaurant4 Nov

“Saved for a year. The emu egg. Brought Mira back two years later so she'd stop saying Singapore had better food.”

Ate at · 4 November 2023

Stop Making Sense

Watched · 1 October 2023

Read · 2 September 2023

Restaurant19 Aug

“Mira's family ordered for me. Coffee pork ribs. I now dream about a zi char in a car park.”

Keng Eng Kee Seafood

Ate at · 19 August 2023

Saw live · 18 August 2023

Travelled · 17 August 2023

Watched · 5 August 2023

Watched · 21 July 2023

PetroDragonic Apocalypse

Listened · 16 June 2023

Restaurant6 May

“The chicken schnitzel sandwich. A civic institution.”

Ate at · 6 May 2023

Wilsons Promontory

Visited · 11 March 2023

“A 1978 console that weighs more than my car and cost more than my car. The studio finally sounds like the records I grew up on.”

Bought the Neve

Happened · 4 February 2023

Watched · 14 January 2023

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Read · 7 January 2023

“Held my breath for 2:40. Learned that panic is a choice, mostly.”

Freediving, level one

Took · 12 November 2022

Restaurant15 Oct

Ate at · 15 October 2022

Restaurant13 Aug

“Bar seat. Squid ink. Watch the pasta guy.”

Ate at · 13 August 2022

Watched · 10 July 2022

Read · 11 June 2022

Watched · 23 April 2022

“Queue at 7:30 or don't bother. The cruffin is a lie; get the plain.”

Lune Croissanterie

Sat in · 19 March 2022

Played · 25 February 2022

Project Hail Mary

Read · 14 August 2021

Listened · 25 June 2021

Klara and the Sun

Read · 1 May 2021

Read · 10 April 2021

Great Ocean Road

Visited · 3 April 2021

Read · 13 February 2021

“The Sunday office. They know the order.”

Sat in · 16 January 2021

Read · 5 September 2020

Visited · 1 August 2020

Played · 6 June 2020

Read · 2 May 2020

Half-Life: Alyx

Played · 23 March 2020

Visited · 14 March 2020

Read · 8 February 2020

Chichu Art Museum

Visited · 12 October 2019

Visited · 12 October 2019

Fushimi Inari at dawn

Visited · 9 October 2019

Travelled · 8 October 2019

Restaurant7 Oct

“The first ramen with a Michelin star. Queued 90 minutes. Truffle oil in soup is a crime I'll keep committing.”

Ate at · 7 October 2019

Visited · 6 October 2019

Tokyo & the islands

Travelled · 5 October 2019

Watched · 7 September 2019

Amyl and the Sniffers

Discovered · 25 May 2019

Watched · 2 February 2019

Played · 26 January 2019

Twin Peaks: The Return

Watched · 15 July 2018

Mad Max: Fury Road

Watched · 10 June 2018

Listened · 19 May 2018

Listened · 3 February 2018

Listened · 26 January 2018

Blade Runner 2049

Watched · 20 January 2018