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To kick this ‘THE HI54 YEARBOOK MIXES’ series off, we’re going to go all the way back to the year of my birth — 1983. Featuring tunes from R.E.M. Violent Femmes, Aretha Franklin, Lewis Baloue, Marine Girls + a whole bunch more, it’s a nice ‘83 vintage to stick in your headphones.
Here's the 9th instalment of the Mixcloud series where I go back to the iTunes organizational system I had setup when I used to run a 24/7 internet radio station… and then I shuffle up a selection of 'Mix Tape Radio approved' tunes and put together an 18-track HI54 Mixed CD.
In an attempt to free up some headspace for other work during these last couple weeks of October, I’ll be taking a break from creating new Mixcloud mixes EVERY Thursday and instead will be sharing some old mixes that were posted to Mixcloud before HI54.BLOG even existed. This one goes back 11 years :)
“Words and performance that cuts like a knife. It hurts to listen to, in a good way. There is nothing else like it. Can't fit it into a pigeon holed format. It has neat jagged edges. I don't know what else to say. I just like it. And that is all!”
A local power outage fried my 2009 iMac, which means we’re going back in time to repost some “lost” episodes of the Mix Tape Radio Show until my ol’ Mac gets back from computer hospital. Luckily, these old episodes — like EPISODE 023 from September 2013— are still really nice to listen to.
“Can't go wrong with these great artists singing Tom Waits lyrics. A gem of an album, this one.”
