Happy Yacht Rock Day!

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So far, they have played:

Blues Image - Ride Captain Ride - Open
Walter Egan - Magnet And Steel - Not Shy
Jackson Browne - Somebody's Baby - "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" - soundtrack
Ambrosia - Biggest Part of Me - One Eighty
George Benson - Give Me The Night - Give Me The Night
Herb Alpert - Rise - Rise
Kenny Loggins - This Is It - Keep the Fire
Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get It Right - Shine On
Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen - Gaucho
Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That - Private Eyes
Christopher Cross - Sailing - Christopher Cross
The Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes - Minute By Minute
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown - Silk Degrees
Toto - Africa - The Essential Toto

Who do you think will win Yacht Rock Day?  Michael McDonald?  Steely Dan?  Christopher Cross? (Spoiler alert: It's ME!  I'm already winning Yacht Rock Day!)

This is fascinating article on Spotify data

I may have played a part in the popularity of "No Diggity" on Spotify since the 90's hip-hop station is my personal favorite.

The 1980s

God I love lists like this.

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9700-the-200-best-songs-of-the-1980s/

This is 40

and we are old.

The Triathlon Theme

Welcome to the upcoming theme, THE TRIATHLON (other title options were the TRIPLE CROWN, JIM'S THREESOME and I CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND). It will take perseverance. It will take dedication. It may take several minutes to make your decisions.

The first leg of the event:
THE LONG DISTANCE CHOICE
This may be the most difficult for many of you. Choose a song released all the way back in 1965. It was a very good year. You will have plenty to choose from. I know it was a long time ago, but some it may be new to you or at least somebody.

Second leg:
THE SPRINT
This may be the most difficult for many of you. Choose a song that is less than 2 minutes long. Get in, do your stuff, get out. No muss, no fuss. Although I'm sure there will be some fussing. There will probably be muss as well.

Last leg:
THE INDUCTION
This may be the most difficult for many of you. Choose a song by an artist or band that you nominate for inclusion into the Unofficial Music Club Hall Of Fame. This song doesn't just nominate, though. It makes the deciding vote for automatic inclusion into our made up institute of questionable excellence.
You want the Thompson Twins? Who's gonna stop you?
You really think Anna Kendrick has paid her dues? Well, welcome aboard, you rock star you.
Really? Sting? Um, we may need to talk about this.
This is supposedly an awesome amount of power. Please wield it responsibly.

I made up these sub-themes without giving it any thought, so I have no idea which songs to submit.

These are all subject, of course, to all y'all's approval.

With love-
Jim

The results are in!

GO SEATTLE!

http://digiday.com/publishers/seattle-radio-station-broke-internet-day-beastie-boys-celebration/

When the moon is in the 7th house

Our next music club theme? "EMBRACE YOUR SIGN!" Gina, pay attention cuz you'll be in town!

What happened? Why haven't we met in oh so long? Let's do this thing.

How about Tuesday June 11th? While there may not be do overs in real life we have a chance for a music club choices do overs. Pat and I are happy to host, so please say yes and let me have something to look forward to!

Pop open the bubbly!

I've got tickets to see D'Angelo!

Time, time, time for another Music Club get-together!

Perhaps the back half of April? April 23rd (Roy Orbison's birthday) or April 30 (Bon Iver's birthday)? Gina would pick the 23rd solely on the musician's birthday. My friend Wendy would pick the 23rd too because it's her favorite day of the month. I don't have a preference. Politi, did anyone tell you the theme? It's "Do-over" - you can do over a theme that you may have felt missed the mark or do-over different songs from different themes. Basically it's a redemption theme! Some random musical asides. Pat, though you favor the less sad Beck songs, whenever I hear "Lost Cause", I think to myself that this is one well crafted sad song. I can't explain why I love Elliot Smith so much but Sufjan Stevens leaves me cold (the exception to this is "Casimir Pulaski Day" since I'm not dead inside). Since D'Angelo finally delivered, does that mean The Avalanches are around the corner?