“This wonderful and moving album flatters the growing up sadness (you might have wanted to skip) but will make you better as a human being.”
This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
All in ODDS
HI:54 / LO:5 — The Golden Girls
“We're halfway through season 6 of Golden Girls & we've yet to consider hitting the 'Skip Intro' button — so if it's not best theme song ever, it's at least on Mt. Rushmore. Also… show holds up great & the cast is perfect (and deserves Mt. Rushmore more than those other old white folks).”
19 from '93 | THE HI54 YEARBOOK MIXES
The ‘HI54 YEARBOOK MIXES’ series continues with music from the year 1993 — featuring tunes from KRS One, Mazzy Star, Liz Phair, Dinosaur Jr, Dwight Yoakam, Seam + a whole bunch more, it’s a nice ‘93 vintage to stick in your headphones.
19 from '87 | THE HI54 YEARBOOK MIXES
The ‘HI54 YEARBOOK MIXES’ series continues with music from the year 1987 — featuring tunes from R.E.M., Fleetwood Mac, The Bats, Eric B. & Rakim, The Proclaimers + a whole bunch more… it’s a nice 1987 vintage to stick in your headphones.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ DEVA GRACE
“Apart from journaling which is my most obvious answer… my best recommendation is to subscribe for language learning apps! It’s such a good feeling when you aren’t sure what to do with yourself to exercise your brain in that way, language is so mysterious and beautiful.”
MANITOBA | #HI54MIXCDS on MOUN.TOWN/FM
The HI54 ‘Provincial Playlists’ idea continues, this time with 95 nice tracks from 95 different artists being carefully exported from the Canadian province of Manitoba for your listening pleasure / headphone tourism needs.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ LORETTA'S MUSEUM
“We should all be writing and reading poetry, daily. You should also be affectionate with your friend's and tell them what you appreciate about them. I also like talking to strangers and feel like it's so important to just strike up conversations with people from different backgrounds. Taking mushrooms is good too.”
20 from '09 | THE HI54 YEARBOOK MIXES
The ‘HI54 YEARBOOK MIXES’ series continues with music from the year 2009 — featuring tunes from The XX, Justin Townes Earle, MF DOOM, Laura Gibson, Deer Tick + a whole bunch more… it’s a nice 2009 vintage to stick in your headphones.
FANDCAMP: An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
“A gorgeous, shimmering set of songs that combines ultra-smooth pop sounds (recalling the softer moments of Destroyer's "Kaputt") with sweet ambient textures. Fantastic songwriting work, as well. A joy to listen to, and a clear early contender for 2021's album of the year.”
FANDCAMP: World's Most Stressed Out Gardener
“A really special release from Chad. Feels looser than most of his recent major releases, in a very satisfying and intimate way. The freewheeling, exciting experimentation is all here, as usual, and the songwriting on point.”
The HI54-APPROVED '20 Minute Timer' Technique For Starting/Setting Daily Habits
“Whether you’re trying to get a daily meditating, reading, and/or writing habit going as well, or whether your interests lie in learning an instrument, or painting, or PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING you can want to get better at — I highly recommend the practice of setting a timer for 20 minutes each day and doing that thing you want to improve at / do more of until the chimes start chiming.”
AFTERNOON BEERS on MOUN.TOWN/RADIO
This ‘Afternoon Beers’ mix was originally put together back in 2016 — but, as long as you make sure the beer you drink with it is also not from 2016, I think you’ll find things still taste good to the ears all these years later (also, I’m working on website/project changes and repurposing old content to play around with things is kind of my thing).