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Another Bi-Weekly Newsletter from HI54LOFI…
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14 days have come and gone since I last bothered your inbox, which can only mean one thing for anyone that didn't unsubscribe (someone always unsubscribes) 2 weeks ago: here's another 10 things…
 

1.

Every 4 weeks I add 20 beer friendly tunes to a Spotify playlist called AFTERNOON BEERS W/ HI54LOFI… and I recently added 20 more to the top (that's 180 songs total so far… which is A LOT of beer friendliness).
 

2.

THE MIX TAPE RADIO SHOW continued with its bi-weekly-ness and EPISODE 81 is another great collection of tunes to stick in your headphones. As always, you can stream it on MIXCLOUD + there is this ongoing Spotify playlist of all the songs ever played on the show & you can find all the songs that were featured here. New episode coming next week.
 

3.

Last night was a pretty emotional night for us Canadians: the lead singer of the most Canadian of Canadian bands was recently diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and they embarked on their last ever tour, which ended last night with a magical show in their home town (which was streamed live on the CBC and probably re-broadcast in every town/city in the great white north). I watched it on a ski hill with a goat, as you do. It was sad and it was special and it was more Canadian then the 1st of July.
 

4.

Bandcamp just got a much deserved write-up in the New York Times, which is mostly positive, although the writer does seem weirdly concerned that Bandcamp new venture in daily blogging about artists is somehow maybe not a good thing.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 

5.

There are 2 more 'HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/' posts to check out since we last newslettered… so get your clicking finger ready and go check out all the things that SMALL ALBUMS and HI54LOFI (aka me) like and think you should like too. Lots of good stuff in both, as is the tradition with this weekly feature.
 

6.

I did a thing for Wake The Deaf called 'Mystery Mini Mix', in which I sent them some random numbers and then they sent me back some song prompts associated with those numbers and then I made a mix based on those song prompts and wrote some words. Go give it a read/listen?
 

7.

Speaking of other features on other blogs (that I've taken part in), Audio Antihero is the most recent all star to take part in The Grey Estates excellent 'Toon Tunes'. If you're not already following along with that feature, you should start.
 

8.

There's nothing quite like coming across a bear on your hike to remind you that you didn't pack any bear spray. I guess our Spanish friend Maite was correct to worry about "all the bears" when we told her we were moving back to Canada. Listen to your Spanish friends people.
 

9.

Every Sunday I remove 280 songs from the 24/7 MIX TAPE RADIO rotation and replace them 280 different tunes. I often do it while attempting to write this newsletter. This Sunday was no different. So if you have forgotten that HI54LOFI has a 24/7 internet radio station… maybe re-check it out this week? And tell your friends to check it out too (the station is currently averaging 70 listener hours per day, so unless it hits the 130+ hrs per day needed, it'll get shut down).
 

10.

Just like I did in the previous newsletters, I will now try to go more specific than just including links to my Spotify playlistsmy radio station + my Bandcamp collection + my radio show + ETCing and try and point my finger in the direction of the one 'gun to the head, you can only pick one' musical recommendation from the last 2 weeks: ummm… go listen to The Tragically Hip. I can appreciate that their songs will never muster up the same feelings if you didn't grow up with them as a part of your soundtrack, but their greatest hits album is one of the greatest.

Well, I think we can both agree that that is enough from me. Feel free to get back at me with a sum up of your last 2 weeks. Or anything else you might want to get back at me with. Or don't. As always, it's yr call.

-- 
Jeremy @ HI54LOFI
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