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Episode 128 of The Mix Tape Radio Show features 8 gems shuffled out of the ongoing HI54 Mix CD ‘HIGH FIVE FOR… THE 90s’ - ft. Everclear, Yo La Tengo, Fiona Apple, Digable Planets + a bunch more 1990s-flavoured headphone goodness.
“Imagine a Sun Kil Moon record pressing pause on 'Inherent Vice' to grab another sixer out of the fridge and roll a joint on the back cover of a Bukowski novel.”
“My favourite thing about the internet is that stuff like someone taking audio from a 2011 Charlie Kaufman lecture (and then setting it to beautifully shot imagery and a minimalist heartbeat backbeat) is something I'm able to just find and watch again & again, whenever I need a punch in the heart gut.”
I recently did a proper deep dive thru all 14 of The Tragically Hip's studio albums so I could officially figure out what my official subjective album rankings would be... and a part of that process resulted in the creation of a massive mix cd featuring 95 of my fave Hip songs. This is that mix cd.
EPISODE 078 kicks off with Frederick Squire's take on a song about a Book Of Love, and it closes out with a newer one from the king of Mosey. And a bunch of good stuff in between.
“Fellas, the hooks are just astonishing. How are you getting away with this shit? I'm sobbing.”
EPISODE 091 kicks off with Benjamin Shaw adding bnjmnshw touches to Magana's lovely 'Inches Apart', and before things close out with a dusty gem from the underappreciated Blaze Foley, you'll get a secret taste of that sweet Sugar Rush 2 comp The Grey Estates put out last year, there'll be a short European Vacation, new Haley Heynderickx, Kevin Morby + more.
“Kassi Valazza's voice is a red-hot nickel ball slowly working its way through a cube of ballistic gelatin. This LP is a gently wound path of close-cosmic-country with a B-side that actually defies gravity. If you thought her first release was a winner, well... engage your core and hang on to your javelinas, she's just done one better”
Hi! Here’s FIVE reason FOR why you should really consider getting a FREE local library card (especially if you also live in Kimberley, BC and can get special discounts at participating local stores for showing your KPL library card during Canadian Library Month all October)!
The latest edition has got stuff about AI Chatbot work, Q&As with local city councillor candidates, a list of 95eh + hi54lofi duties that I'll be playing around with during #LocalAreaElectionSeason, and… somehow even a bit more (like a picture of a hornet, for example).
EPS 093 of MTR opens with Johnny Cash talking guns and before things close out with some Sonofdov wolf talk, you’ll hear: J Mascis, cardnl, Joan Shelley, and a bunch more musical niceness.
