Balcony AUX

As expected, the guys have lots of opinions on the two biggest albums right now by Drake and Kanye West. However, there's lots of praise for the Shang Chi movie and its soundtrack by 88 Rising! Tune in!

The new Spider Man trailer dropped and Mark and Afindi are hyped! Marvel's iconic character has been a part of a lot of our childhoods. In this episode, Mark and Findi discuss their favourite web-slinging superhero, from dressing up as Peter Parker for non uniform day to watching a 30 year old Tobey Maguire play a high school kid. The boys also discuss the new movie with and ASIAN superhero, Shang-Chi.

The boys are joined by four very special guests this week, the members of Rocketman! For those of you who don't know, Rocketman is an up and coming Bangkok based pop band. Before listening to or watching this podcast be sure to check them out on music streaming platforms, they're awesome!

With DONDA supposedly dropping sometime soon, the boys decide to talk about Kanye West, their experiences with his music and his overall influence on contemporary. The second portion of the podcast deals with another iconic part of popular culture, superheroes. The boys discuss their relationships with superheroes and their favourite fictional characters.

One of the most popular hobbies a lot of people picked up during the pandemic is cooking. This week Mark and Findi discuss their experiences with cooking.They also discuss Hollywood tropes and stereotypes and the various actors that portray them on the big screen.

Youngest gold medalist is 13, the boys are ... a lot older. Tune in to hear them discuss their thoughts on the Olympics and opinions on hair. Mark shares a weird barber story.

Mark and Findi discuss their creative processes. One is more methodical one is more explosive, we'll let you guess which one's which. The boys then try to brainstorm songs.

A lot's happening right now in Thailand and the situation seems more hopeless than ever. It seems the only thing we CAN do is have conversations with our friends and families about what's going on and how we can move through and pass these hard times together. In this episode Findi and Mark discuss Thailand's political, social and economic crisis as well as how we as Thais can have better and more respectful conversations with the people around us.

Everyone's talking about it and so are the guys. This week's episode is almost entirely about Tyler the Creator's latest album, Call Me If You Get Lost. Tune in to hear our opinions on the new project and the importance of creating and self fulfilment.

What was the last dream you remember? For Mark it was a couch made of hotdogs... Tune in this week as boys talk about all the weird things they've experience during sleep.

Is it me or is the room 2 degrees hotter?! That's right, the boys have graduated from their undergrad and masters. Although educated, the boys are still the same idiots on this podcast that no one watches. In this episode they talk about new chapters and reminisce on old chapters of their lives.

Ever wonder what it would be like to be given a 300 million dollar budget to make a feature film? This week, Mark and Findi discuss what kind of movies they would make with that kind of money. No pornos just really bad science fiction...

Mark and Findi have started to notice that they're getting a little old. A lot of popular things among the kids don't really make much sense. Tune in this week to listen to the boys discuss things that defined their generation culturally and musically.

This week, the boys discuss J Cole's new album, combat sports and martial arts. If you don't know already, Mark is a trained martial artist. Don't be fooled, though he looks kind of like a bitch Mark's kicks could probably send you to the hospital. Findi, as expected, has never been in a fight his whole life. He does, however, watch a lot of anime about fighting...

After a 2-week hiatus, the boys are back! The past few weeks have been hectic for both Findi and Mark with moving into a new place and writing a dissertation. This episode the boys talk about big changes in life and home-making. Tune in to find out what the boys think about what makes a place home.

It's Ramadan, Findi's fasting, the only thing this guy can think about right now is food so the boys just talk about food. Tune in this week to hear about favourite food memories and why Thai cuisine is superior!

What if the vaccines don't work and we're stuck in an eternal pandemic? What if it gets worse and we actually can't ever leave our houses forever? Will we live in sensory deprivation tanks with our consciousness hooked up to a VR set? What if global warming gets so bad that we have to colonize and migrate to mars? Tune in to find out what these two idiots think.

Thais have the world's most creative swear words, no cap. Tune in this week to listen to Mark and Findi talk about Thai weird-ass Thai swear words and how language structures shape culture, values and mentality and vice versa.

Balcony AUX Chord welcomes back the man, the myth, the legend, Matt Young. Matt's a Vancouver based musician/producer and a great friend to the boys. The trio discuss Matt's latest EP, Water. Check out Matt's EP on all streaming services and tune in to find out how he cooked up this masterpiece.

We all know him, a lot of love him and a lot of us hate him. This week the boys talk about one of their favourite singer/songwriters, John Mayer. Mark and Findi walk through their fondest memories growing up with John Mayer's music and how it has impacted them as teens and young adults. Tune in and listen to two men praise another man to an almost uncomfortable extent.

It's that time of the year again, the time where Mark and Findi talk about the Grammy's and how the winner of Album of the Year really didn't have the best album of the year. This episode, the boys discuss marketing in the music industry, how much they hate Taylor Swift and what albums and musicians they believe actually deserved to win the prizes.

This week we are joined by Mark's classmate and friend, Justinian! This man is probably the only person who actually watches and listens to Balcony AUX Chord, so the boys are super honoured to have him join the podcast. In this episode the trio discuss their experiences as East and Southeast Asians in North America as well as the recent increasing hate crimes against Asian Americans and Canadians.

"Bro, let's get on this Clubhouse thing, I sent you an invite" Mark and Findi have been pretty hyped about Clubhouse recently. It's like having their regular podcast but other people can join and contribute too. In this episode the boys discuss the new platform and what it means, what they like about it and what could go wrong with it. Also, the duo are on Clubhouse every Monday night/morning in a room called music Mondays. Come have a conversation with your favourite idiots!

This week the boys are joined by a very special guest, Findi's roommate, brother, mentor, inspiration and best friend, Abdo. The boys talk about diving head first into the creative field, content making, passions, dreams and aspirations. Tune in this week to listen to the trio of idiots talk about what they love.

Ever since they were young boys, Findi and Mark have hated Valentines Day. Tune in this week to find out who hurt them. Also tune in this week to hear about what these idiots consider red flags when talking to women.

This week the boys are joined by Mark's longtime friend, Tem. The trio discuss one of, if not the most, the most important element in filmmaking, the soundtrack. Topics covered include iconic original scores from movies such as Star Wars and Jurassic Park, memorable singalongs from old Disney favourites and the more recent music composed for Marvel movies. Basically three grown men nerding out to John Williams, Hans Zimmer and Ludwig Goransson.

This week the boys talk about the music's biggest influencers more specifically the Beatles and the impact the band had on the world's popular culture in general. Topics also include, the political situation in Myanmar and "Asian music taste".

After wrapping up his Arts degree, Findi, like a lot of other Arts students has been doubting the importance and usefulness of his degree. In this episode Mark and Findi share their thoughts on what skills they learned from their BA and how they can make use of these skills in their professional lives.

The boys are joined with a very special guest this episode, the honourable May, Mark's girlfriend. In this episode the boys and May talk about Mark and May's relationship, long distance love and childhood crushes on anime characters. Watch Findi third wheel the cutest couple of the century.

Mark and Findi do a little bit of self-reflection as they enter the second week of 2021. It gets a little deep and personal as they discuss mental health issues and a little bit of politics.

Mark and Findi got super into Cobra Kai (Netflix's Karate Kid remake). In this episode, the boys discuss the show's biggest theme, bullying and their experiences as the victims and the perpetrators.

What a ride this year was... Mark and Findi discuss the good, the bad and the very ugly of 2020. Topics range from personal growth, societal changes and what the boys look forward to in 2021.

It's the most wonderful time of the year? The two Thai boys are here to celebrate and cheer? In this Christmas Special, Mark and Findi discuss the holidays and its music from the perspectives of their Islamic and Buddhist upbringing.

It used to be a topic you use to talk to girls, but now it's vocabulary. Mark and Findi talk about astrology and superstition. Watch what happened when you put a Libra and a Scorpio in the same podcast...

Mark and Findi talk about death but in the most entertaining way possible. Topics discussed include, the meaning of life and death, what happens after and what kind of funeral they would want.

Mark and Findi talk about their dream wedding... Yea, I don't know why either but it gets quite weird as the boys talk about one of the most important days of their lives (if it ever happens, of course).

Finally, a whole episode dedicated to the best show ever made, Avatar: The Last Airbender! Mark and Findi talk about the four elements and what music we associate with them.

Whether you consider yourself a millennial or a Gen Z, there's no denying that A LOT has changed since we were kids. In this episode, Findi and Mark reminisce their childhood in the early 2000's. Topics range from Bayblade to cassettes tapes to renting movies at the local DVD store.

Oh man, it's about to get a little political. Mark and Findi discuss the recent US elections, its impact on us as non-Americans and the future of the global Digimon. Sorry, hegemon. Join us in making this podcast great again (not that it ever was) or that fly on Mike Pence's head will visit you tonight. Like if you miss Obama.

Since it's Halloween, the night when the spiritual and physical world overlap, Mark and Findi decide to talk about supernatural experiences growing up. Mark's mom has a sixth sense so he has TONS of scary stories that will surely make you leave the lights on when you go to bed tonight.

After watching Game 6 the 2020 NBA finals Mark and Findi decide to talk about competitiveness and the drive to win and succeed. As expected the boys carry this discussion through the four elements from Avatar the Last Airbender and Shonen Anime.

BLACKPINK's documentary, Light Up the Sky, was recently released! Mark and Findi talk about Findi's favourite girl group and move onto a larger discussion about the K-Pop industry and mainstream pop music in general.

The boys talk about the state of 'flow', more colloquially known as 'being in the zone'. It's a state where we completely get immersed in the activity we're doing, where our egos and sense of time fades away.

In this episode the boys talk about their favourite season. Through their favourite tracks, Mark and Findi discuss childhood first day of school memories, being awkward first year university students, feeling lonely in the rainy West Coast as well as finding warmth in friendship and community.

Another thing the boys miss about the pre-Covid world is being able to go see live music. This episode they discuss their most memorable live music experiences from French composer Chassol playing the piano to a movie screening to Kanye West rapping on a floating platform. The boys finish the discussion with their hypothetical dream concerts because in these tough times, all we can do is dream :(

The Covid-19 travel restrictions this year (and possibly many years to come) have made Mark and Findi quite upset because they're free-spirited gentlemen that like going to places. The boys discuss what they like listening to on trips, their travel experiences and Findi's new BEDFRAME!

This episode, the boys are joined by their longtime friend PK, a model, actor, photographer, visual artist and just an all around creative dude. The three discuss urban life, their experiences, what it means to them, what it means to their culture and what music they associate with it. Go Follow PK on Instagram (@peeekks)

The boys discuss the relationship between the sense of sound and the sense of sight. What do certain colours sound like? What do they feel like? What do they remind us of?

This episode the boys are joined by a friend! Matt Young is a Vancouver based musician/producer from the Philippines. The now trio discuss the start of Matts career as a 'bedroom producer', his inspirations, creative process and ends off with some advice for aspiring musicians. Listen to Matt on Spotify!

The boys go through their top 5 albums of all time and talk about the personal stories attached to these works. Topics discussed go from Afindi's angsty teenage phase listening to Arctic Monkeys to Mark fanboying over Frank Ocean to the point of basing a whole essay off of Channel Orange.

The boys dive into their fascination with Jazz Music starting with their band geek days in middle school to their college days listening to classic and contemporary jazz on the BALCONY. They also discuss the direction the genre came from and the direction it's headed towards with regards to race and class.