Month: April 2020
Today was a bit overcast and melancholic, so I wanted to set the sountrack right with Yo La Tengo’s I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One. It…
Did some blogging in the morning about some of the experimentation I did over the weekend getting my classic gaming streaming rig in order, and figured it would…
Rowan Peter came on the radio blasting some Depeche Mode through the microphone lo-fi style, so I offered to play him some vinyl. He obliged, but he is…
Antonella told a great story of her calling Gordon Gano’s house in the mid-80s on the Jim & Anto show so I took that as the cue for…
I picked this album up in Galway while attending OER19 at Bell, Book, & Candle. It was an awesome little shop, and I bought a few albums, but…
I bought this album at a record store in Trento, and after a listen I realized how good it was from beginning to end. Not one I owned…
Day 29 of #lockdown and this album popped into mind based on an 2009 Twitter storm by Brian Lamb talking about using this vinyl to wash away the…
https://twitter.com/jimgroom/status/1247121443915251712 NB: I had to do my #vinylcast earlier today given I had a jam-packed day of radio. The Jim & Anto show was on course and I…
https://twitter.com/jimgroom/status/1246761191382360065 I was inspired to do an impromptu #vinylcast on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon after dinner upon learning that today was the 26th anniversary of Kurt Cobain‘s death….
https://twitter.com/jimgroom/status/1246028002154201089 The Jim & Anto Show: Lockdown Radio has become almost regular at this point, and we are having fun doing it. Today we discussed schooling under lockdown,…