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-Antonella Dalla Torre
“Reverend” Jim “The Bava” Groom, alias “Snake Pliskin” is a charlatan and a fraud, a self-confessed “used car salesman” clawing his way into the glamour of the education technology keynote circuit via the efforts of his oppressed minions at the University of Mary Washington’s DTLT and beyond. The monster behind educational time-sink ds106 and still recovering from his bid for hipster stardom with “Edupunk”, Jim spends his days using his dwindling credibility to sell cheap webhosting to gullible undergraduates and getting banned from YouTube for gross piracy.
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Category Archives: ds106radio
Algorythmic Radio on #ds106radio
That was a quite a set, I'm wearing my No Nukes shirt now and channeling Jackson Brown! — Jim Groom (@jimgroom) April 25, 2020 A few years back I toyed with the idea of doing a radio show on #ds106radio … Continue reading
Checking in with John Johnston on #ds106radio
captured my likeness;-) https://t.co/PXLG40n08U — john johnston (@johnjohnston) March 20, 2020 Back on March 20th I did one of my earlier call-in discussions with Scottish educator, blogger, and tinkerer John Johnston. John has been a long-time participant to the ds106 … Continue reading
vinylcast #28: Galaxie 500’s On Fire
Ok, I am about to try cross-casting a #vinylcast of Galaxie 500’s Fire on #ds106radio to #ds106tv with a special #vinylcam I made this morning. You should check… Continue reading
vinylcast #27: Yo La Tengo’s I can Hear the Heart Beating as One
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… Continue reading
vinylcast #26: Yaz’s Upstairs at Eric’s
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… Continue reading
Talking Reclaim Hosting with Lauren Brumfield on #ds106radio
Last week I talked with Lauren Heywood and Bryan Mathers on #ds106radio, and I had a blast both times. I started thinking why aren’t we doing more of this at Reclaim Hosting given #ds106 and Reclaim go together like chocolate … Continue reading
Chatting with Bryan Mathers about #ds106radio on #ds106radio
This is a two and a half hour tour-de-force of a free-ranging discussion about radio, art, and much more between myself and the great visual thinkerer: Bryan Mathers. My relationship with Bryan goes back to chance encounter in 2015 when … Continue reading
vinylcast #25: Depeche Mode’s Master & Servant (U.S. Black & Blue Version)
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… Continue reading
vinylcast #24: Violent Femmes
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… Continue reading
vinylcast #22: INXS’s Kick
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… Continue reading