Crafting The Groove http://scummbags.com/ctg/ Crafting the Groove is a podcast by Mark Diaz and Luis Rivera that takes two areas of art, music and beer, and brings them together along with some cool guests. Podcast Generator 2.6 - http://podcastgen.sourceforge.net Sat, 07 Mar 2026 08:27:23 -0500 en @CTG-SCUMMbags http://scummbags.com/ctg/images/itunes_image.jpg Crafting The Groove http://scummbags.com/ctg/ Crafting the Groove is a podcast by Mark Diaz and Luis Rivera that takes two areas of art, music and beer, and brings them together along with some cool guests. Art meeting at music and beer Luis R and Mark D Luis R and Mark D markd@scummbags.com yes Episode 6 - Elephant Gym "Angle" Grab your calculators because it's Math Rock time! Luis and Mark get mathy AF and talk about Taiwan's Elephant Gym and their 2014 record "Angle." Neither of us is particularly good at math by the way. Luis also drops some personal knowledge on the community. 

Reach out to us on Twitter! Recommend things for us to listen to!

@coolmarkd

@_riveraluis

Doing things. CraftingTheGroove.com

Thanks again to Cloudkicker for letting us use the intro music, "The warmth of the daytime seemed like a dream now." on the album Subsume.

]]> Grab your calculators because it's Math Rock time! http://scummbags.com/ctg/?name=crafting_the_groove_episode_6.mp3 http://scummbags.com/ctg/?name=crafting_the_groove_episode_6.mp3 1:07:22 markd@scummbags.com (Luis R and Mark D) Luis R and Mark D music review yes Sun, 23 Jul 2017 12:51:04 -0400 Episode 5 - Lasers in a Blender - Crystal Castles "Amnesty (I)" Luis Rivera and Mark Diaz Luis and Mark talk about the latest entry in Crystal Castles' catalog, Amnesty (I), and forget about the beer part of the podcast. They also forget about recording production and technology. But you've probably heard more booty podcasts before, right?

@coolmarkd

@_riveraluis

Doing things. CraftingTheGroove.com

Thanks again to Cloudkicker for letting us use the intro music, "The warmth of the daytime seemed like a dream now." on the album Subsume.

]]> Luis Rivera and Mark Diaz http://scummbags.com/ctg/?name=05_episode_5_-_lasers_in_a_blender_-_crystal_castles_amnesty_(i).mp3 http://scummbags.com/ctg/?name=05_episode_5_-_lasers_in_a_blender_-_crystal_castles_amnesty_(i).mp3 48:54 markd@scummbags.com (Luis R and Mark D) Luis R and Mark D music,review,chat yes Sun, 26 Feb 2017 22:37:00 -0500 Episode 4 - BONUS JAPAN EPISODE - Andres Velasco y Coll Luis Rivera and Mark Diaz Luis and Mark are back from hiatus with Andres Velasco y Coll and a special episode of Crafting the Groove that's all about Japan (the country not the band that Richard Barbieri was in)! It turns out that we have a significant number of listeners in Japan (maybe). We hear about food, drinks, and maid cafes. Maybe Senpai will notice us!

 

Andres Velasco y Coll: @nothingxs 

Mark Diaz: @coolmarkd

Luis Rivera: @_riveraluis and https://500px.com/rusuphotography

]]> Luis Rivera and Mark Diaz http://scummbags.com/ctg/?name=04_episode_4_-_bonus_japan_episode_-_andres_velasco_y_coll.mp3 http://scummbags.com/ctg/?name=04_episode_4_-_bonus_japan_episode_-_andres_velasco_y_coll.mp3 1:28:58 markd@scummbags.com (Luis R and Mark D) Luis R and Mark D japan,travel,bonus yes Fri, 30 Dec 2016 20:49:24 -0500 Episode 3 - Songs for the Deaf - Jose Martinez Luis Rivera and Mark Diaz In this episode we have Jose Martinez, a long time friend of the show, as a guest to talk about Queens of the Stoneage - Songs for the Deaf. We also drink Cigar City's Marshal Zhukov's Imperial Stout and talk about general things. 

Luis: @_riveraluis

Mark: @coolmarkd

Jose: @jrm0021

 

craftingthegroove.com

]]> Luis Rivera and Mark Diaz http://scummbags.com/ctg/?name=03_episode_3_-_songs_for_the_deaf_-_jose_martinez.mp3 http://scummbags.com/ctg/?name=03_episode_3_-_songs_for_the_deaf_-_jose_martinez.mp3 2:03:05 markd@scummbags.com (Luis R and Mark D) Luis R and Mark D music, beer, art yes Mon, 24 Oct 2016 21:33:35 -0400 Episode 2 - Descensus - Pedro Guerra Luis Rivera and Mark Diaz Luis and Mark are joined by Pedro Guerra from Good War Games to talk about making games and Circa Survive's "Descensus" which has some pretty heavy themes. Today's beer is 101010 Brewing's Episode IV - A New Hope. This is the fourth beer from Mark's homebrew lablel and is an attempt at an Imperial Stout. 

]]> Luis Rivera and Mark Diaz http://scummbags.com/ctg/?name=2016-09-29_episode_2.mp3 http://scummbags.com/ctg/?name=2016-09-29_episode_2.mp3 1:47:57 markd@scummbags.com (Luis R and Mark D) Luis R and Mark D circa survive,homebrew,beer,craft beer,descensus,music,critics yes Sat, 24 Sep 2016 21:45:00 -0400 Crafting the Groove - Episode 1 - Thrice and Russian Circles Luis Rivera and Mark Diaz Luis and Mark introduce Crafting the Groove with Thrice's "To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere" and Russian Circles' "Guidance". They also enjoy some Suntory Toki whiskey. 

]]> Luis Rivera and Mark Diaz http://scummbags.com/ctg/?name=2016-09-29_episode_1.mp3 http://scummbags.com/ctg/?name=2016-09-29_episode_1.mp3 1:52:40 markd@scummbags.com (Luis R and Mark D) Luis R and Mark D music, critic, thrice, russian circles,snob,critical,rock,whiskey yes Sat, 10 Sep 2016 21:45:00 -0400