This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
MIX TAPE RADIO EPS 052 kicks off with some loveliness from Sufjan, and before you get to the Benjamin Booker bookend, you'll hear tracks from Houndmouth, Dear Sister, Jon Mckiel, Dumbo Gets Mad, The Cave Singers and a whole bunch more.
Forever in the search of “I can haz blahg monetization”, I recently started rolling out an idea called ‘Mutually Beneficial Employment’ as a way for local businesses/organizations to do a combination of ‘support the work that goes into running The 95EH Events Calendar’ + ‘work directly with me on work we agree to’ — and this blog post explains more!
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.
“Be a good human and watch this enlightening & sobering talk from 2018 that Jeremy Rifkin gave about where the world is going no matter how much we keep stubbornly trying to delay the change by continuing to prop up our corrupt & inefficient pre-internet systems / masters. For real, find 1.5 hours somewhere for this & then let's get to collective work before another 5 years goes by.”
I started a weekly Substack newsletter called THE WEEKLY EH?! to HIGHlight FIVE things FOR the current week in the highway 95/a area where I blahg from + 4 other things of Some Locals’ Interests!
Episode 110 of The Mix Tape Radio Show features 8 gems shuffled out of the HI54 Mix CD ‘EH CANADA’ - ft. Charlotte Cornfield, Basement Revolver, Mauno, The Tragically Hip + a whole bunch more maple-flavoured headphones goodness.
Welp, the time has come to officially pull the plug and start packing up all my music blogging stuff :(
“This long awaited, shooting star of an album, has at last dropped into our cosmos and it is pure beauty! Every song demands presence; they conjure and set the soul aflame. Dean's talent, artistry and vulnerability is much needed in this world and his record is a gift to humanity.”
Here's the 37th instalment of the HI54 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 to share.
“Unpopular opinion, unless I’m on tour... half-caff at home has been great for my nervous system. We buy a bag of decaf and full to make our own because it can be hard to find sometimes.”
I started a weekly Substack newsletter called THE WEEKLY EH?! to HIGHlight FIVE things FOR the current week in the highway 95/a area where I blahg from + 4 other things of Some Locals’ Interests — and you can read the latest one OVER HERE!
