july 2026 finds is here!
BOOKS
1. even good girls wil cry by melissa auf der maur was an easy read. i’ve known her since the 90s, she was in hole and smashing pumpkins. if you want to read about that era, get this book.
2. i bought a boba da corte by tati bernardi in rio, trying to read more brazilian writers. the short stories paint historias paulistanas, so it was good enough for me.
3. i went though londres. atlas historico de arquitectura by alejandro bahamon. it was very interesting and i loved the double pages.
4. i also went through guia de arquitectura norte e centro de protugal. it’s great if you are interested in portruguese architecture. now i’m looking to buy its lisbon sibling.
MAGAZINES
5. i read the august issue of british vogue. i was pleasantly surprised to see the cover story was photographed by personal fav, szilveszter mako. check out his work, it’s wonderful.
MUSIC
6. j’suis qlf is the soundtrack of my summer. and i’ve just realised that it’s a cover. i definitely prefer bb’s version.
7. yuki chiba remixed annyeonghaseyo with chanmina. i like it.
8. i watched harry in manchester. i realized i wouldn’t go see him live.
9. fontaines dc have a new song called marianne and i love it! does that bass sound like the cure or is it just me? anyway, the new album, dopamine chamber, drops in october.
10. interpol has a few new songs out. the new album, this mirror weighs a ton, is out august the 28th.
PODCASTS
11. interpol speak about their new album.
12. if you want to hear melissa speak, here you have almost 2h of it.
13. and another hour on top of that.
14. i was surprised to see rm on fashion neurosis.
15. i watched the flea episode as well.
16. tracee ellis ross is friends with trevor noah and it shows.
17. i saw her film recently so i watched olivia wilde talking to louis theroux.
18. and then cara delevingne. i didn’t like how she glossed over her privilege and her mom’s own addiction problems.
19. mel c has a new album so she came on theroux as well.
20. gary stevenson wants the state to tax the very rich.
21. listening to him talk about the near future is scary.
22. and i had to link the above-mentioned piers morgan shit show.
EXHIBITIONS
23. i went to antwerp to see the antwerp 6 show at momu. i loved it.
24. also in antwerp, i went to see axel vervoordt’s gallery. i recomend it.
TV SERIES
25. the quilters is an interesting mini series about men who quilt in prison.
26. you must’ve heard abouy louis theroux’ manosphere. a must watch.
27. the twins are my guilty pleasure. i must’ve watched them for over ten years. because before this show, they used to make content for youtube. now, i watched 2 seasons of kaulitz and kaulitz.
28. i loved zero calcare’s last series, due spicci. watch it immediately!
29. ronaldinho is a mini series. it was interesting even if i couldn’t care less about football.
30. i enjoyed the kylie mini series. i learned a bunch of things.
31. this doc made me angry. even angrier than i was already. watch it to learn what happened.
32. aileen: queen of the serial killers could’ve been a little better. an interesting and heart breaking story.
33. alley cats was ok.
YOUTUBE
34. this is an in-deptrh video about g-dragon’s brand.
35. this is a video about new london bakeries.
how was your july? you can check my thorough trip to belgium on my insta.
photo and video credits: copyright holders and little aesthete
