This time out, Matthew and Caroline tackle the career of Madonna from depressed to relaxed in 8 songs and in another fun episode of Trivial Merit where Matthew finds new ways to mess up speaking, Bagel is especially belligerent in the background with his opinions on Madonna and we even get some good Harrison sounds as well. 

We even have another submitted list by Matthew's friend Kevin which gives way to all sorts of fun discussion.

Here's Caroline's list.

Here's Matthew's list.

and 

Here's Kevin's list.

Next episode, we're tackling The White Stripes from defeated to content. If you'd like to be a guest, submit a list or just send us pics of your pets, please feel bombard [email protected]. It'll make us so happy.

Here it is! A new episode of making playlists in hopes to feel a little better in a crumbling world. 

This time out, we tackle the wonderful world of Creedence Clearwater Revival and try to move from defeated to content in 8 songs (with some acceptable variance for reasons covered within). 

In 2 weeks, we'll be back with Madonna from depressed to relaxed. 

For now, here are the playlists!

Caroline's is here.

Matthew's is here.

We'll see you in 2 weeks. Same time, same station!

It took a bit longer than we'd hoped, but we're back for season 2 of Trivial Merit! This time out, Matthew and Caroline are digging into the catalogue of Rihanna and choosing 8 songs to get from anxious to elated. Neither are super familiar with her work and even get some surprises along the way. Also stories happen. 

Here's Caroline's Playlist.

Here's Matthew's Playlist.

Also, we have new theme music this season! It's done by the wonderful Julian V, who can be found @Julzvz on twitter. Their work is wonderful and you should support them. 

We'll see you in 2 weeks for Creedence Clearwater Revival going from defeated to content in 8 songs.

Same time, same station!

We've come to the end of our first season of Trivial Merit. With that, we're tackling The Rolling Stones' catalogue again, but Exile and everything after and moving from anxious to content. 

After this episode, we're taking a break until 2022. Our next episode will be up 1/28 and everything is TBD. 

Have a happy and safe holiday season and new year from both of us here.

Here's Caroline's List

Here's Matthew's List

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It's our penultimate episode of our first season. To mark the occasion we're tackling the massively influential Rolling Stones, specifically 1964-1971 (the Hot Rocks years in reference to their wonderful compilation of the same name). Matthew and Caroline have created 8 song playlists to get them from depressed to relaxed and genuinely gushed about a band that both of them really love.

Here's Caroline's List

Here's Matthew's List

We hope you enjoy the show and the music and also hope to see you in 2 weeks. Same time, same station!

Next time out, we finish of the catalog of The Rolling Stones from anxious to content. 

Much love and respect.

We're back again! This time tackling Mariah Carey from anxious to relaxed in 8 songs. 

Here's Caroline's playlist. 

Here's Matthew's playlist.

Next episode, we're tackling the Hot Rocks era of the catalog of The Rolling Stones. So all of their material from 1964-1971 is eligible. 

The dice served us up the parameters depressed to relaxed. 

We hope you have a wonderful day. 

See you in 2 weeks. Same time, same station!

Caroline and Matthew are back again with yacht rock luminaries Steely Dan on the brain and taking their 8 song playlists from depressed to relaxed. Jokes are made, Matthew nerds out a lot, and Caroline figures out a way to break them both at the end. 

In 2 weeks, we'll be back tackling Mariah Carey's catalogue and going from anxious to relaxed in 8 songs.

BE THERE!!!!

In the meantime, here are the playlists!

Caroline

Matthew

It's been 2 weeks, so we're back with playlists for your feeds! This time out, we're tackling power pop, post-punk, 80s powerhouse, The Cars from Boston. We're creating 8 song playlists to get us from anxious to relaxed. 

We also hope you enjoy the show. 

Caroline's playlist 

Matthew's playlist

In 2 weeks, we'll be tackling Steely Dan and going from depressed to relaxed in 8 songs. 

See you then! Same time, same station!

It's been 2 weeks in these streets, so Trivial Merit is back with some playlists for your feeds. This time out, we tackle the careers of Mos Def (Yasiin Bey) and Talib Kweli including both their solo output and looking at Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star for no other reason than Matthew cannot break the link in his head between these 2 wonderful emcees. 

We're going from anxious to relaxed in 8 songs. 

Caroline's list is here.

Matthew's list is here. 

See you in 2 weeks where we take on The Cars!

Despite some difficulties, both technical and otherwise, episode 8 is finally here. This time out, we tackle AC/DC and try to get from depressed to relaxed in 8 songs. We even received a listener response to our hip-hop episode. Next episode, we're going back to hip-hop and examining the output of Mos Def and Talib Kweli both as Black Star and their wonderful solo careers. 

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Here's Caroline's list

Here's Matthew's list

We'll be back in 2 weeks!