Side A
Artist	Song
Beat Happening U.S. - Olympia, Washington	Our Secret Beat Happening (1983)
Some Velvet Sidewalk U.S.	Apple International Hip Swing (1993)
The Halo Benders U.S. - Boise, Idaho/Olympia, Washington	On A Trip God Don't Make No Junk (1994)
The Gerbils U.S. - Athens, Georgia	Sunshine Soul Are You Sleepy? (1998)
Guided By Voices U.S. - Ohio	Exit Flagger Propeller (1992)
Beulah U.S. - San Francisco, California	I Love John, She Loves Paul Handsome Western States (1997)
The Olivia Tremor Control U.S. - Athens, Georgia	The Gravity Car Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle (1996)
Panda Bear U.S. - New York City	Young Prayer (2004)
Jad Fair U.S. - Ann Arbor, Michigan	Beverly The Sound Of Music - An Unfinished Symphony In 12 Parts (1990)
Les Frogs U.S. - Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Love Me Or Die Bitch Bananimals (1999)
The Microphones U.S. - Anacortes, Washington	Lanterns Song Islands (2002)
The Unicorns Montreal, Canada	William, Clap Your Hands Unicorns Are People Too (2003)
All-Time Quaterback U.S. Seattle, Washington	Factory Direct All-Time Quarterback (2002)
Sentridoh U.S. - Dayton, Ohio	Mountain On the Hill Free Sentridoh, Songs From Loobiecore (2002)
Franklin Bruno U.S. - L.A.	See It Now Suggestion Box (1990)
Half Japanese U.S. - Ann Arbor, Michigan	Fire To Burn Greatest Hits (Disc 2) (1984)
Pavement U.S. - Stockton, California	Box Elder Westing (By Musket and Sextant) (1993)
Chris Knox New Zealand	Limited Liability Songs Of You & Me (1995)
Party of One U.S. - Minnesota	6 Million Anonymous Deceased Caught The Blast (2003)
Lou Barlow U.S. - Dayton, Ohio	Only Losers Winning Losers: A Collection Of Home Recordings (1994)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy U.S. - Louisville, Kentucky	Madeleine-Mary I See A Darkness (1999)
Eric's Trip Canada	About You Forever Again (1994)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Jad Fair & Daniel Johnston U.S. - Michigan/Texas	Happy Talk Daniel Johnston And Jad Fair (1988)
Smog U.S. - Chicago, Illinois	Not Lonely Anymore Burning Kingdom (1994)
Neutral Milk Hotel U.S. - Lousiana	Naomi On Avery Island (1995)
Mezzanines U.S. - Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	Grip Is Loose Mezzanines (1998)
Bright Eyes U.S. - Omaha, Nebraska	The City Has Sex Letting Off The Happiness (1998)
Bingo Trappers Amsterdam	White Bikini Juanita Ave. (2001)
Elliott Smith U.S. - Portland, Oregon	Southern Belle Elliott Smith (1995)
Kelley Stoltz U.S. - San Francisco, California	Fake Day Antique Glow (2003)
Portastatic U.S. - Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Naked Pilseners I Hope Your Heart Is Not Brittle (1994)
Sebadoh U.S. - Dayton, Michigan	Perverted World III (1991)
Beck U.S. - L.A.	Burnt Orange Peels One Foot In The Grave (1994)
Ween U.S. - New Hope, Pennsylvania	Squelch The Weasel God Ween Satan (1990)
Simon Joyner U.S. - Omaha, Nebraska	Christine The Christine EP (1999)
Dump U.S. - Charlottesville, Virginia	Words International Airport (1995)
Grifters U.S. - Memphis, Tennessee	Arizona Crappin' You Negative (1994)
The Apples in Stereo U.S. - Denver, Colorado	High Tide Fun Trick Noisemaker (1995)
The Magnetic Fields U.S. - Boston, Massachussets	Sad Little Moon Holiday (1994)
Tall Dwarfs New Zealand	The Brain That Wouldn't Die Hello Cruel World (1984)
Tobin Sprout U.S. - Ohio	Cryptic Shapes I Stayed Up All Night Listening To Records (1998)
R. Stevie Moore U.S. - Nashville, Tennessee	Records Tra La La La Phooey! (2004)
The Vaselines Scotland - Edinburgh	Oliver Twisted The Way Of The Vaselines - A Complete History (1992)
Melody Dog U.S.	Tommorrow's World International Hip Swing (1993)
Half-Handed Cloud U.S. - Knoxville, Tennessee	Can't Even Breathe On My Own Two Feet Learning About Your Scale (2001)
The Mountain Goats U.S. - California	The Last Day Of Jimi Hendrix's Life Ghana (1992)
Daniel Johnston U.S. - Austin, Texas/West Virginia	Urge Songs Of Pain: The Early Recordings Vol. 1 (Disc 1) (2000)

Comment:

The Valisian Psycle: An ongoing series of mixes inspired by (and in Tribute to) Valis; a means of saying "thank you" for his tireless promotion of present-day psychedelic music and for the numerous psychedelic publication recommendations he has made during the time I have come to know him.Lo-Fi: In Search of an Honest AestheticBy Jonathan Maier07/01/99"In hindsight, the 1980's seems to have been a decade flavored by both its prosperity and a sort of unintended decadence. So when the 1990's opened with a mild recession, that "excess" of the 1980's received a thorough backlash at the hands of a resurgent cultural and political movement. These were the environmentalists, who gained new life and tried to change the face of American culture away from the escalating use of the 1980's and back to the cry of conservation. Also during this period of change and transition, the digital revolution invaded many levels of the culture, including the popularization of the now ubiquitous compact disc in place of vinyl records and cassettes.That transition from analog to digital recording and playback technology brought about a change in the sound, or the aesthetic, if you will, of most popular music. Increasingly drum-machines, sophisticated synthesizers and samplers, and MIDI began to replace human performers. However this transition was not as rough and controversial as the change in tide from spending to thrift. In fact, this digital musical revolution went quite smoothly--and the pop, country, hip-hop, and other musicians of the day enjoyed more success than ever. At the same time this digital recording and reproduction technology made recording sound cleaner and crisper than ever before. To the general public, these changes went either unnoticed or embraced. But to some discerning musicians and audiophiles, this trend was disturbing. Smaller artists were being lost to an elite oligarchy of record labels and well-known studio musicians. `Real' musicians were being replaced with digital instruments played by computers, and even the sound of music was becoming cold...antiseptic. This was music taken too far by technology, just as the prosperity of the 1980's was taken too far by its decadence.Therefore just as a social reaction sprang forth in the form of environmentalism, a musical reaction sprang forth as well, although with much less fanfare. Dozens of individual artists around the globe created this little revolution by shunning studios, big record labels, and digital instruments altogether. In fact, they recorded only from their own home--their own living room, garage or basement. This music falls within the umbrella of "lo-fi," a reaction to the excessively "hi-fi" music of the 1980's and 90's, a reaction to the dishonest aesthetic of big budget recording artists, controlled by marketers and increasingly narrow niches of popular music.During the early 1990's these lo-fi musician--for they are truly musicians, and not mere recording artists--were noticed in their individual locales, and small labels began to recognize them and publish their music, most often on cassette, although sometimes on vinyl records and even occasionally on CD. The music of these early lo-fi releases stands as creative and unassailable as any new and innovative movement in the history of music.Bringing back the song as the heart of the musical endeavor...bringing the listener into the musician's very living room...that emotive, story-telling personal connection...that often-experimental, uninhibited, and sometimes spontaneous flash of genius...that transcendence of the culture of greed and shallowness...that is lo-fi. That is lo-fi music....lo-fi, an honest aesthetic."And, here we have the second of three double-disc stylistic explorations. How this musical journey brought me to this, I can not say for certain. But, nonetheless, I hope you enjoy!

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