2014 - like we see it

Name	Artist	Contributor
Waitress Song	First Aid Kit	Debbie
Riptide	Vance Joy	Debbie
Inside Out	Spoon	Debbie
Wiggle	Jason Derulo (feat. Snoop Dogg)	Drayson
You Go Down Smooth	Lake Street Dive	Gina
Rather Be	Clean Bandit (feat. Jess Glynne)	Gina
King and Cross	Ásgeir	Gina
Says	Nils Frahm	Greg
Dance Slow Decades	Angel Olsen	Greg
Clearing	Grouper	Greg
You've Got a Way All Yours	Jim Lauderdale	Jim
I'm Not Gonna Miss You	Glen Campbell	Jim
Bless The Telephone	Kelis	Jim
JM	Strand of Oaks	Marcy
Feel	Ty Segall	Marcy
Betray My Heart	D'Angelo & The Vanguard	Marcy
Rough On Rats	David Johansen	Pat
(For A While) I Couldn't Play My Guitar Like a Man	Freeman	Pat
Dirty Sheets	The Orwells	Pat
Take Me to Church	Hozier	Politi
Rivers In Your Mouth	Ben Howard	Politi
Glory	Wye Oak	Politi

Marcy's Top 5 albums for 2014

#5: Spoon - "They Want My Soul"

#4 Strand of Oaks - "Heal"

#3 St. Vincent - "St. Vincent"

#2 The War on Drugs - "Lost in a Dream"

#1 D'Angelo - "Black Messiah"
I waited 14 years.  Enough said except I love you D'Angelo.  

WHO CAN GUESS WHAT ALBUM I AM LISTENING TO?

You have 1 guess.

Can I see a show of hands?

What's the best way to describe our music club in 28 characters or less?  Would it be our blog name "Stingless Music Club"?   Maybe "Music Club with a Hat"?    "Music Club Tastemakers at Work" is over 28 characters even though it describes us perfectly.  

Speak to me!

Sad State of Golden Statue Affairs

This might be the first year I don't watch (or maybe even care...) about the Grammy's. Perhaps I'm late to that game?  Is it my age (careful how you answer that!)?  Is the bar just lower because of the state of "popular" music?

Save for one artist in the Song of the Year category who is on my best of 2014, all I see is rubbish here... Discuss.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/grammys/grammy-awards-the-almost-complete-list-of-nominees/ar-BBgnQtR

MC w/No Actual M?!

So, a crazy idea came to me as I was rolling my eyes (correction, rolling my left eye... the right one isn't quite Bell's Palsy free yet) and feverishly working to change the radio station as the intro to 'Jack and Diane' burned my eardrums.

What about an MC where we go for brunch or drinks or dinner and just bring songs to the table that nobody needs to hear EVER again?  In other words, no actual music would be played at MC.  We just bring a list and discuss seein' as we don't need to hear this shit ever again?! 

No rush to make it a reality, just a thought. One that might admittedly be induced by Oxy so feel free to respectfully decline. 

xoxo
j.