So, it's official. I suck at maintaining a consistent schedule (ever since I missed my own birth...)
In my defense, I had two workshops Friday to prepare for and have been working at either both the university + Pet Planet or going to the university and taking classes. I also went to a workshop about building communities end engaging people! I guess that's still no excuse, please accept these songs as condolences:
Mos Def - Ms Fat Booty
Little Dragon - Klapp Klapp
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - Holy Roller
Lupe ft. Ab-Soul - Thorns & Horns
CyHi the Prynce - Is It Me
Broken Bells - Holding On For Life
Broken Bells - Holding On For Life (Nick Zinner Remix)
Eliza Doolittle - Skinny Genes

It;s been awfully lonely in the office without our engagement coordinators... But at least we finally have our on-campus space up and running!

Rac ft. Penguin Prison - Hollywood
Lana del Rey - Blue Jeans (remix)
Penguin Prison - Fair Warning
Florian Rietze - Triebhaus (MPathy Remix)
Lorde/The Beatles - Royals/Come Together Mash-Up
Agnes Obel - Fuel To Fire (remix)
Dark Horse (Acoustic Katy Perry cover)

Also, one of the engineers in our office just had his first baby, a 7lb, 8oz creature with a full head of hair. So we added some extra 'lullabies' to the mix:
Lullaby 1
Lullaby 2
Lullaby 3
Lullaby 4

It's been a pretty hectic day at the office with meetings, engagement programs, and an opening of a brand new Sustainability Resource Centre! With that being said, not much participation in song swap! I gave it a day but nothing else came through.

Here are some songs to get you through the weekend:
Roisin Murphy - Rama Lama (Bang Bang)
The Broken Circle Breakdown - The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! We had a Valentine's Day-themed song swap today, with no direction but a subject titled "The Love Day Playlist". I can't be sure how many people in the office have just gotten out of serious relationships, but there were certainly a lot of songs for the single pringles among us. Take a listen and judge for yourself.

For the Better Halves:
Arctic Monkeys - I Wanna Be Yours
Ciara - Body Party
Amy Irving/Jessica Rabbit - Why Don't You Do Right?
Bran Van 3000 - Astounded
Luther Vandross - Love Won't Let Me Wait

For the Single Pringles:
Lake Street Dive - I Want You Back (Jackson 5 Cover)
CeeLo Green - Fuck You
Jhené Aiko - The Worst
Jhené Aiko (ft. Childish Gambino - Bed Peace
Wet - Don't Wanna Be Your Girl (Eest Coast Remix)
Ki: Theory - Open Wound
Good Omens - By Open Plain (Entire Album)

It's been a busy week with workshops and conferences but there was still time for song swap this week! One of my good friends (who I met on my field school in Belize) is part of a terrific folk/blue-grass/jazz style band, Whiskeyjack, and they just released their first studio album! I was pumped to be able to share some of their music this week. Here's what we've got:
Jason Mraz - Bella Luna
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix Cover)
Whiskeyjack - There and Back Again
Whiskeyjack - Railroad Bill
Whiskeyjack - On Your Own
Portugal. The Man - Sea of Air
Barbarossa - The Load
Pete Seeger - This Land is Your Land (A Tribute)
Avicii - Hey Brother

 

Every January it seems like the days go by faster and faster! After an appropriately-named "Meat & Greet" at Big T's Steakhouse with a previous employee, I'm more than ready to sink into this bar-b-q coma and just listen to some sweet office tuneage.

Arctic Monkeys - Knee Socks
Dragon Fli Empire - Keep The Funk Alive
Little May - Hide
Little May - Boardwalks
Lykke Li - Knocked Up (Kings of Leon Cover)
Grey Reverend - Everlasting
Oscaar Isaac & Marcus Mumford - Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song)
Samba de la Muerte - Begin Began Begun
Hot Since 82 & Habischman - Leave Me
Hot Since 82 - Shadows (Ft. Alex Mills)
Green Velvet - Bigger Than Prince (Hot Since 82 Remix)
James Blake - Life Around Here
Run D.M.C. - Rock Box

One of the perks at the office is a weekly tradition known as Friday Song Swap. It's exactly what it sounds like: we share what we're listening to with the other members. Contributions include old songs that we just can't get out of our heads, new songs heard that morning on CJSW, randomly selected songs from shuffle, or sometimes even cat videos. Everyone has different tastes in music so it's a great way to become exposed to new genres or tunes, and who knows, sometimes you find out that maybe you don't hate R&B after all.

Here are the results from January 10:
kwes. - 36
Lynard Skynard - Call Me the Breeze
Eric Clapton & JJ Cale - Call Me the Breeze
My Bubba & Mi - Sexual Healing (Marvin Gaye cover)
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Haitus Kaiyote - Live Session on KCRW
Drake - Too Much (ft. Sampha)
SBTRKT - Hold On (ft. Sampha)
James Blake - Retrograde
James Blake - Lindisfarne
Elvis - I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
 Walk the Moon - Lisa Baby