Marnie Stern

Marnie Stern is awesome. Why? For one thing she was signed to a record deal with Kill Rock Stars after sending them a demo tape. Second, she practices guitar at least 3 hours a day and finally she's from the Upper East Side in Manhattan (my old 'hood represent). Anyway this year she came out with a new album that just plain rips entitled In Advance of the Broken Arm.

One of her songs off the new album may have my favorite name of the year and double as one of my favorite motivational tracks it is called " Put All Your Eggs in One Basket and Then Watch That Basket!!!!". The name itself connotes a lot of what you get in this track...specifically the four exclamation points. This song is part Rah Rah Cheer! part Motivational Nursury Rhyme! part Punk Drum Breakdown! and part Guitar Freakout! and if all those exclamation points don't get you revved up I don't know what to tell you (Check your pulse?). And check out these lyrics:

Time is all that keeps us blind
We dance around these sleepy rhymes
Yes I'll keep this stance
No I don't believe in chance. Ahh ha ha ha
I'm a contender. Make things better
I'm a contender. Never surrender

A chorus of small cheerleaders singing these words over Marnie's guitar majesty is better motivation than Tony Robbins as far as I'm concerned.

Listen:

Marnie Stern - Put All Your Eggs in One Basket and Then Watch That Basket!!!!

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