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Ginormous Troubadour
@guardjere.bsky.social
Wanderer. Tinkerer. Lover. Records. Engineer
*panic ensures*
#overleafdown
May 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The feast has begun!
I've done 2 full listens since yesterday.

I'm amazed that apart from the budding rock scene of the 70s, Zimbabwe also had a seemingly healthy Soul and Funk scene.
Taken aback by Harare Mambo's Shanga yangu, which totally sounds like Bill Whithers aint no sunshine😀
April 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I spoke and my niece and nephews listened.
They went crate digging for me... And they got me THIS
(this is a Mukanya Stan account BTW)
December 25, 2024 at 4:56 PM
OTD, 25 years ago, Grover Washington Jr performed a few songs for The Saturday Early show.... He collapsed and passed on soon after...

Tonight, I spin some of my favorite works by him.
🕊️
December 17, 2024 at 6:23 PM
I thought Stockholm record stores were cool, but what I found in Malmö made me speechless!

*Sweep the verandah, that Christmas party about to be INSANE*
December 6, 2024 at 5:47 PM
It's safe in my hands🤣🤣🤣
December 4, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Just trawled a few of the record stores around Sankt Eriksgatan street.
It's a pity i ran out of time (and money, because why does beer cost THIS MUCH in Stockholm?)

But, as usual, I scored a good one😌
December 4, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Closing keynote
Some States have HUGE PsyOps budgets🥲
Scary stuff
December 4, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Write up funny restaurant reviews because 1 day they may get featured in a paper🤣
December 4, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Went ~30m underground to check out Sweden's 1st nuclear reactor.

This is hands down THE BEST hole in the ground I have ever seen.🥲
(I love digging holes OK?)
December 4, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Buddy??? Things a B. A
D🤣🤣
Kutogara paden chaiko🥴
Send mari ye FlixBus, I can start driving that way now
December 2, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Masalad munonetsa hayi
How can you say you don't know pada maZet???🌚
December 2, 2024 at 8:26 AM
KTH is my home for the week😀
December 2, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Uhmm uhmmm... I can explain 🥹
November 30, 2024 at 5:31 PM
I've just spent ~40min with airport security, unpacking and disassembling one of my artefacts to show
A) it's not sinister
B) i know what it is
🫢

Pleasant chaps though, genuinely looked amused.
So far so good 😊
November 30, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Fog?
At 10am?
Yup, this is how Silent Hill started 🌚
November 27, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Saturday cleaning sesh, as usual, powered by the silkiest voice from yesteryear......
Garnet Damion Smith ❤️✊🏿🕊️
A.K.A
Garnett Silk!
November 23, 2024 at 9:25 AM
No.
Just no.
November 19, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Yardbird Monday
Let's goooo
November 18, 2024 at 8:29 AM
After the hell that's been this week, I cannot imagine a better way to unwind...... Digitizing my latest records.... that means Im better than your preferred streaming platform and maybe your national archives🥲😌 *sniggers*
November 14, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Finally got my hands on Thomas Mapfumo's 1985, Chimurenga for Justice.
This to me is his 2nd most important album post Independence Zimbabwe😌
His most important album was definitely Corruption/Varombo Kuvarombo.
March 28, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Past weeks have been hellish 😁
I am working on several tangible prototypes, a combination of arduino IoT, HomeAssistant and Trill Craft/Trill Flex

My desk is a reflection of my current state of mind🥹

Lot's of coffee... Jumper cables and paper.
March 23, 2024 at 7:16 PM
This is the 3rd Zimbabwean election held while I am out of the country.
Each time I underestimate the mental toll it takes on me, following events, witnessing historical precedents being set and seeing hope fade away.
As always, I am hoping for a different outcome today, as I have always.
August 24, 2023 at 5:39 AM
Yaaaaaay.🥲
Or snipping tiny pieces of plastic for the airplane model you've been secretly building for a year and a half🥹
August 4, 2023 at 8:45 AM