Vinyl Records, Music & the Things Worth Caring About

A personal site by SpinAndGroove — covering the things that make life worth paying attention to: music on vinyl, the gear that plays it, photography, travel, food, and the occasional longer thought about all of the above.

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Music

Album reviews from my vinyl collection — soul, jazz, rock, funk and more — plus original music I have recorded myself.

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Audio Gear

Honest impressions of turntables, phono preamps, cartridges and speakers — written from real ownership, not spec sheets.

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Photography

Images made for the pleasure of seeing — street, travel, still life. Portfolios by subject, occasional notes on technique.

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Travel

Accounts of places as I actually experienced them — the meals, the neighbourhoods, the moments that do not appear in any guidebook.

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Food

Food I love eating and food I cook at home — recipes written the way I actually make them, with the shortcuts and the lessons from getting it wrong first.

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Thoughts

Slower, more considered writing about how to live attentively — personal philosophy, reflections, and things I am still trying to work out.

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