This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
“Two of my favourite deep thinkers/teachers got together for a chat over coffee in Prague in 1992, with an eccentric waiter making comedic interruptions throughout — AND — now, 30 years later, I/you can eavesdrop on it, for free. A good reminder that the internet isn't all doom-scrolling-distractions, it's also wonderful stuff like this.”
Sometimes, the easiest way to go back in time is to just put a time capsule collection of musical vibes in the headphones, close your eyes and let the music drift you away. You might even say that this is the only way to travel back in time (tbh I don’t know much about time travel). So, with that in mind… let’s take the soundtrack back the 1950s! |-> OPEN ON SPOTIFY
If I were in a pub or coffee shop with the person/people responsible for the excellent music currently filling my headphones, would I offer to buy them a pint or coffee? If they asked me if I could spot them a couple bucks, would I do that?
“One of my favorite albums of all time. An amazingly produced and written album. I seriously believe Willie Ev is a pioneer in a new sound of hip hop. I have never heard beats or rhymes delivered like this before. Ever.”
An ongoing mix of 95 tracks from 95 artists coming out of the Canadian province that is British Columbia (with accompanying available-on-Bandcamp archive + other things). Why? Well, I live in BC. But also… other reasons (one being a bigger project called The Provincial Playlists).
“Strong Tom Petty vibes with an indie slant. Jeremy writes witty, slightly weird (in a great way) songs and sings them with an honest, no BS style. This is an underrated gem.”
High five for getting High Fidelity’d into making a Hi54 ‘Top 5’ list about my “Do’s & Don’ts” of making a mix tape/cd playlist!
A Valentines Day-ish playlist that you can throw on the speakers for Valentines Day or really just any day that you're feeling like feeling some Valentines-ish feelings.
“From Calgary to Glasgow via Helsinki and Reykjavik... 'you pass through, you pass through'. Loved this from the opening bars - like escaping from a prison.”
Episode 176 of The Mix Tape Radio Show features 8 gems shuffled out of the ongoing HI54 Mix CD ‘I LOVE YOU & STUFF’ - ft. Etta James, Hot Chip, Brad stank, Devendra Banhart + a bunch more valentines-ish-flavoured headphone goodness.
