This year has been… a year. While everyone seemed to have what we could collectively describe as a “shitty year,” everyone has had a very different 2020. This year, we couldn’t all meet up at festivals all over the country or the world. This year we couldn’t high five each other, chug cheap beer, and scream along to songs in a basement (or garage or sticky venue) on a Friday night. All the things that seemingly made us “us” were stripped away, leaving other facets of ourselves that we had long since forgotten or placed on an upper shelf to collect dust for some day when we would have more free time.
I’ve spoken to people who feel like they lost their hold on music and others who clung onto it for dear life like a life preserver. It’s been… a year. And while everyone has bravely faced 2020 with a different arsenal of supplies, this resulted in a variety different outcomes. That’s why, in addition to our contributors’ End of the Year Lists, we at Bad Copy have reached out to a handful of friends involved in music this year and asked them to share their top lists. Music, movies, photos, memories, new hobbies – much like 2020, nothing is off the table when it comes to these lists. Let’s find a little good in the bad, try to laugh at what we can’t control, and pray that we will be able to safely see each other soon. First round is on me. – Kendra Sheetz, Editor
You may know San Diego-based artist Ricky Schmidt from his band Western Settings. But he also released a solo album in November called Palm Trees. Make sure you grab your copy now or on an upcoming Bandcamp Friday! Below is his Top 10 list. Ricky had the following to say about it:
“In no order at all these are 10 of my favorite things in 2020. I know they aren’t all necessarily from 2020 but they were for me.”
1.) DFMK’s new self-titled album
2.) Uncle Frank the movie
3.) Mushrooms : )
4.) BLM
5.) ByeDon but not Biden
6.) RTJ 4
7.) THC drops : )
8.) Exotica (the genre)
9.) Neon Bible by A Giant Dog
10.) Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
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