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Category Archives: vinylcast
The bava Media Center
The bava media center, featuring a Sony Trinitron 19” television to the far left with a Commodore 128 right below it. Beneath that is a used Panasonic DP-U89000 DVD Blu-ray/UHD multi-region player for the new fangled higher-end media. Continue reading
The Return of Unwound
What was wound? Back in February I attended an Unwound show at the Wiltern in the inimitable Los Angeles. LA is a special city to me, given I spent some of my formative years living there and attending UCLA #4life. … Continue reading
Vinylcast #55: After Dark 3
This was a two-part #vinylcast on ds106radio x-cast to Reclaim Radio, while streaming to bava.tv. The vertical and the horizontal. The vinyl was a compilation of artists on… Continue reading
Vinylcast #54: The Pogues’ Red Roses for Me
For #vinylcast 54 it is another appearance from the Pogues‘s, this time their first studio album Red Roses for Me from 1984. I picked this vinyl up 10… Continue reading
Vinylcast #53: Built to Spill’s Perfect from Now On
I was going through my vinyl the other day and after listening to Built to Spill‘s 1997 masterpiece Perfect from Now On I knew it wanted to make… Continue reading
Vinylcast #52: Yo La Tengo’s And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
It’s been a while, but I finally returned to the #vinylcast on the mighty ds106radio featuring Yo La Tengo‘s And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out (2000). This… Continue reading
Vinylcast #51: R.E.M.’s eponymous
This is the second #vinylcast in one week, so I must be getting into a groove these days—which is always nice. This one takes me back to the… Continue reading
Vinylcast #50: Sonny and the Sunsets’ Talent Night at the Ashram
Kind of fitting that this particular album was my 50th vinylcast on ds106radio because it is represents a bit of a landmark for me. I bought it in… Continue reading
Vinylcast #49: Sinéad O’Connor’s I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
Got back on the #ds106radio train this morning with a vinylcast of Sinéad O’Connor‘s 1990 album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, it ages well. I… Continue reading
Vinylcast #46: Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love
With this #vinylcast I started to feel a bit more in #ds106radio shape. It helps that you have an album as amazing as Kate Bush‘s Hounds of Love… Continue reading