Broadcasting is on life support.
Video didn’t kill the radio star, narrowcasting and the splintering of shared experience has killed the previous paradigm.
Rumble Fish 2, Switch.
20 years really went by in a blink. This was a game center staple at the hole in the wall toritsu-daigaku arcade my classmates and I frequented.
Thx for making the trip all, but especially @Ralfakick and @Stefan …I feel bad for pulling the plug so close to when you both arrived.
Next time-we’ll start earlier, and hopefully end later.
I’ve been on a ‘Steve Albini either produced that’ or ‘could’ve produced that’ for the last few hours:
Rodan
Hot Snakes
Metz
Tar
unwound
Kowloon Walled City
Chuga chuga chuga *DisOnANCe* chuga guitar, low, low end, and interesting athletic drumming.
The Ground Round in West Chester PA was razed, and there is a Citadel Federal Credit Union there now.
As of 2 years ago, there was one left in Newark, DE.
There were a total of 15 Ground Round locations in United States as of April 26, 2023. Then…Chapter 11 woes for the OG restaurant group...