The music and lyrics for the industrial album is completed. Now just need to record the vocals.
Once it’s done I can put it up looking for a band.
Discussion Thread 🦕 Sunday 13 September 2026
Submitted 7 hours ago by briongloid@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
Ooh keen to hear it :)
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
this is wonderful and very exciting
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 hours ago
Okay so.
My understanding of the apartment hunt was that I was buying a home for myself. Part of it is my savings, part of it a homeloan scheme, part my parents chipping in. The condition of my parents contributing is that any apartment I buy has to have a second bedroom, second bathroom and car space - a guest suite, effectively, for them to use when they come from Mornington into town.
One of the options we looked at yesterday was a converted hotel space - two suites that have been turned into a single apartment. Because it WAS two rooms, it has two front doors.
“Oh, great. We can lock our side when we’re not here”
Hang on, that means I’m locked out of about 40% of my home on a daily basis
“But that’s ours. Why would you ever go in there?”
Because it’s part of my home. The suite is yours when you need it, for as long as you like…but I’d quite like to have, like, a chair and some shelves in there as well as your bed so it’s not completely wasted space for the 75% of the year you’re not here? Maybe one of my pictures goes on that wall? I’d like to be able to stash my yoga mat and Christmas shit in that wardrobe?
Apparently that’s not the deal. It’s not “the guest room in my home”, it’s their private space in the city that they don’t want me ever to enter even when they’re not here. They thought I understood that expectation going in.
We’ve been looking at city apartments. Making two rooms functionally useless/invisible to me because they’re not actually mine to access feels like…a bigger deal compared to having an unused bedroom and guest bathroom in a big house.
I’m…weirdly upset by this. I’m happy to share - gladly, and I’ll get a second TV and the nice sheets/towels they like so they can be entirely comfortable there - but I honestly thought that it would be a guest room I could at least sit in when they didn’t need it.
Am I overreacting?
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 11 minutes ago
You aren’t overreacting. I can’t add much given the excellent comments and advice you’ve already received here. My immediate worry was the costs, like the owners fees and whatnot. Are you expected to pay 100% of those? Pretty outrageous of your Olds actually, if that’s the case. Also, regarding the whole “why would you need to go in there” question: even empty unused rooms need to be cleaned regularly. Dust, mould and pests can still accumulate if places are closed up. They need a dust, vacuum and open curtains and windows to freshen the place up even if they’re not in use. Do your folks expect it to be sealed like a tomb? Seems a bit silly. What if “their” bathroom has a leak? Or the roof leaks?
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
Nah you’re not overreacting. My friends, a couple, had a similar deal with their parents (his parents): they’ll chip in $1m, while my mates had the other $700k from their savings/first home buyer scheme, with the stipulation that the parents have a place to stay when they come over from Vietnam or Perth. Except, they didn’t force my mates to not use the space when the parents aren’t there.
What I’m pointing out is that you can be grateful for their help, and extremely disappointed and upset that they have this condition that wasn’t explained to you.
Honestly, idk what I’d do. Part of me would want to be like “well keep your money then” but also, in this housing market that’s a hard thing to do. Ugh. What a clusterfuck, I’m so sorry you’re in this position, I want to slap your parents (lightly, just a little bit).
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
It particularly stings because I’ve got stuff from their house in my bedroom (at MY place) right now. They’ve just moved, and I’m storing Dad’s big telescope for him. In my actual full-time bedroom There’s a cedarwood chest that’s mostly full of stuff that isn’t mine - the chest is, the contents are mostly not.
I do not mind this. I’m willing. I’m just…having some feelings that apparently this is different.
I’ve been frustrated the whole time that a lot of the apartments we’ve I like most aren’t going to work with my scooter because the lift is too small, or the front doir to rhe builfing has steps, or there’s nowhere to put it that won’t be in the way - they’d be perfect for me if I could walk worth a damb, but accessibility comes ahead of “do I actually like it here”.
I don’t want “also a decent chunk of the place is off limits to me” to interfere with “do I like it here?” too.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
for that amount of money it would take 1000 days minimum at a hotel to make it worthwhile
also, who is paying all the expenses like insurance, rates and upkeep, because that would be at least $25,000 a year. At least.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
not over reacting
in such a small home you should be using all of it
when guests come over you are converting your space into guest space
also, bedrooms are small now adays
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 hours ago
You’re not overreacting.
Don’t have any advice but it sounds very controlling of them.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 hours ago
No, I think that’s fair enough. Parents offer to help out with things then put the weirdest conditions on their help.
It sounds like they want a holiday home in the city but are taking the “cheap” option by helping you buy a place
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 38 minutes ago
No. Parents don’t. I don’t and have never and never would.
talk, discuss, respect, compromise,
and if you give something it is theirs to do with as they wish
If the parents want a half share in an apartment they can use they should at minimum have it legal.
And why should Alamut have to pay rates, insurance and expenses on their room?
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
I’m honestly on board with hosting people at need. I have a brother interstate, I have a sister and her kids in Gippsland, my parents are in Mornington.
“I’m in town for a thing, can I use your place?” is honestly a really sensible question.
I just…assumed it would be somewhere that I got to use for something when no one else was. A comfy chair and maybe a bookshelf for my National Geographics would have done, so the room wasn’t wasted space when I was the only one living there.
Pilk@aussie.zone 3 hours ago
My heart sunk for you reading that. I obviously don’t know all the discussion you had about arrangements before you starting looking, but it seems like a massive assumption on their part that helping you get into home ownership entitles them to claim part of the space for themselves.
Going from a place that is 0% yours to one that is only 60% yours isn’t the point at all.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 hours ago
I knew from day one that the guest room would by primarily “for them”. I wouldn’t have my desk in there, for example, it would be a dedicated bedroom.
I didn’t realise that I wasn’t supposed to have ANYTHING of mine in there. I honestly just want a shelf for my National Geographics and a comfy chair. I just want it to be a room that still exists in my home
Catfish@aussie.zone 3 hours ago
This is a terrible idea. You’re going to need to find a way to do this without letting them get their claws into you in any way. Do not accept any money. Do not ever call any room Theirs. And do not let them have a key. Your sanity depends on it.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 hours ago
I’m honestly on board with hosting people at need. I have a brother interstate, I have a sister and her kids in Gippsland, my parents are in Mornington.
“I’m in town for a thing, can I use your place?” is honestly a really sensible question.
I just…assumed it would be somewhere that I got to use for something when no one else was.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 hours ago
No, you are not over reacting at all. Can you ditch the spare room and car park to get your own place?
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 hours ago
I can’t afford it without their help.
I’m renting a two bedroom place now, and the second room is my workspace. I’m already giving up the idea of a separate office (I’ll have to have the desk in my living space) in anywhere I buy.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 hours ago
I know it’ll pass, but I’m getting that lonely post breakup feeling. I need to find some stuff to do.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 hours ago
Streamed again. I’ll still do so but I think my focus for the moment will be on creating shorts. I’ve even recorded regular gameplay so I can record bits over the top. Instead of trying to edit down a stream or having funny insight whilst playing at the same time I can piece them together in post
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
Funnily, I started watching some creators play games, purely because the shorts the made were funny. So I think you’re on the right track, like a short is a bit like a trailer imo
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
fruit salad and a cup of green jasmine tea please
bacon@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
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PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 2 minutes ago
I’ve been unwell since Friday night (headache, sore muscles, hot and cold, sinus congestion, sneezing for Australia). COVID test was negative 😅 But I’m feeling better today and I’m going to drag my sorry arse out for some groceries and fresh air. Seems nice out there.