“Alton Ellis just has a way about him. Joyful and melancholy all the same.”
This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
All in ODDS
20 from '05 | THE HI54 YEARBOOK MIXES
The ‘HI54 YEARBOOK MIXES’ series continues with a 20-track digital mix tape + 54-track digital mix cd from the year 2005 — featuring tunes from The Mountain Goats, Kanye West, Smog, Wolf Parade + a whole bunch more… basically, it’s a nice ‘05 vintage to pour down your headphones.
Hi! Here’s FIVE Things FOR… | The HI54 20/20 Vision Board
If there ever was a year for putting together my first VISION board… it’d have to have been in 2020, right? Right.
FANDCAMP: The World Only Ends When You Die
“Skyway Man has the kind of grooves that will have you unironically reintroducing words like ‘groovy’ back into your regular vocabulary. For example, you may find yourself telling others “this record is really groovy, man” quite often.”
HI54… THE 60s | #HI54MIXCDS ON MOUN.TOWN/FM
The 60s is such a great mix of my favourite stuff from the 50s and my favourite stuff from the 70s, and then you throw in all the uniquely sixties stuff that was going on and, even if you’re not old enough to have ever experienced any of the sixties yourself, you can still close your eyes and get the message. |-> OPEN ON SPOTIFY
THE MIX TAPE RADIO MIX CDs | DISC 27
Here's the 27th instalment of the bi-weekly 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 95-tracks that have been rated as 'Mix Tape Radio approved' and put together an 18-track HI54 Mixed CD.
FANDCAMP: Over Fields And Mountains by Branko Mataja
“Mystifying Yugoslavian guitar pieces, its loneliness carries across space and time.”
FROM THE MAILBAG: An ‘Open Letter’ From A Local Business Owner In Regards To The Proposed 'Marysville McDonalds' Development
In local mountown news: a proposal to change our communities zoning so a McDonalds Gas Station Car Wash development can go forward has been raising red flags in a lot of locals, so here is an ‘open letter’ that a local business owner recently shared with me after our in-person chat hit on the messaging around the Golden Arches (maybe) coming to town.
19 from '95 | THE HI54 YEARBOOK MIXES
The ‘HI54 YEARBOOK MIXES’ series continues with a mix from the year 1995 — featuring tunes from Pulp, The Amps, Goodie Mob, Oasis, Rancid + a whole bunch more… it’s a nice ‘95 vintage to stick in your headphones.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ BREWSTER
“There are four times a year when the seasons change and you can feel the very specific sensation of being reminded how different things can be by mowed grass smell. Get coffee with your friends and walk there (or more likely drive with the windows down). Try to remember the casual joy the universe is handing out!”
THE MIX TAPE RADIO MIX CDs | DISC 39
Here's the 39th instalment of the (mostly) bi-weekly 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' tracks and put together an 18-track HI54 Mixed CD.
19 from '85 | THE HI54 YEARBOOK MIXES on MOUN.TOWN/RADIO
The ‘HI54 YEARBOOK MIXES’ series continues with music from the year 1985 — featuring tunes from Talking Heads, Camper Van Beethoven, The Replacements, 10000 Maniacs, LL Cool J + a whole bunch more… it’s a nice ‘85 vintage to stick in your headphones.