February 2012
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BAD PEOPLE | FEB2012
BAD PEOPLE | FEB2012 by Hi54lofi on Mixcloud
I figured I would take a wee break from my fever & sore throat led Lost marathon and post this Mixcloud mix tape that I put together for February. The mix sort of has a cinematic vibe to it, like it is telling some kind of story. Or maybe it doesn’t. You listen to it and see what you think. I’m running a fever and just about to...
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WIND BLOWS COLD | FEB2012
WIND BLOWS COLD | FEB2012 from HI54LOFI on 8tracks.
I always get fooled into thinking winter will be over once I get through December and January. And then I am coldly reminded of February’s nasty bite. These are some of the tunes seeing me through this sneakily cold month. It features the following artists:
Shakey Graves
Gorgeous Bully
Red Alder
The Best Friends With Wolves Club
The...
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“I keep thinking about the extraordinary conservatism of the people running the...”
– What We Owe to Each Other – provocative Boston Review interview with David Graeber, “anti-leader of Occupy Wall Street” and author of Debt: The First 5,000 Years.
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Another thought on piracy…
The powers that be always seem to be looking for their lost revenue in the pockets of the music / movie fan (i.e. me and you). And our pockets are empty. Maybe if they checked the pockets of the people who we all are paying $50-$100 (or more) a month to access the internet at home and on our phones, they might find where all that ‘music/movie money’ of the past is going to now. By...
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Valentines Day is near…
Since Valentines Day is fast approaching (and it is getting likely that any new physical cards we send out via post will not make it in time), I just wanted to let you know about the special promo that HI54LOFI RECORDS will be running for the next few days:
*SPECIAL OFFER: From now until the end of the 14th, if someone buys our Valentines Day compilation for £1, not only do they get an immediate...
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“Nowadays, I don’t have a plan, an exit strategy, or a career arc in mind. So...”
– - Craig Finn Talks New Solo Album, New Hold Steady Material | News | Pitchfork
This is some pretty good advice. Advice that I should follow a bit more than I do (although, replace ‘play Playstation’ with ‘watch TV shows on the computer’).
(via rickwebb)
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A Valentines compilation from HI54LOFI RECORDS
The above player is just a sample of the 15 tracks that make up HI54LOFI RECORDS special Valentines Day compilation. You can get / hear the full thing over on Bandcamp, or keep reading as to why this compilation is ‘special’…
“When I think of Valentines Day, my fondest memories of it are when I was a young chap, and didn’t really think about things like ‘love’....
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HI54LOFI RECORDS WISH LIST - Item #1
#1 - Que Entire Albums for Uploading on Bandcamp
If you have ever made your music available through Bandcamp (if you haven’t, you should), you are well aware of the very slow and painful uploading process. Perhaps I am really feeling it today as, ever since we moved to England, our internet has been a lot slower than what we were used to in Canada. But if my memory serves me correctly,...
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“The fact of the matter is, not everyone will get to be a professional musician,...”
– Rawktumblr: Talking to a musician on Twitter about piracy
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Chuck Klosterman's Grantland archives →
Randomly stumbled upon a nice little archive of Chuck Klosterman articles / essays the other day. And it was a nice reminder of why I always tell people that he is my favourite writer. For a sample of his brilliance, here is a snippet from his article on the rise of ape movies:
I don’t know how I feel about monkeys. I almost never eat bananas or listen to Supergrass. My mind is caged. My...