New Zealand’s Longboss gets lost in Istanbul, and we reap the benefits. In Turkey, following your nose seems to be a record digger’s prerequisite, as navigation is not easy. Signs in Cyrillic, old men nodding yes to turn left when they are really saying “wrong way son” and the labyrinthine side streets that record stores […]

Friend, collaborator and committed digger Longboss reports that Thailand isn’t all bootleg DVDs and CDRs… Bangkok’s Chinatown is where you can find Mr Chokkchai’s Broadway Records as well as Cathay records and an unnamed corner store run by the city’s grumpiest man. These three make up Bangkok’s (and probably Thailand’s) last remaining vinyl record precinct. […]