10 Best of 2010
It ain’t just music
Frank Turner – Rock & Roll (Epitaph)
Folk/Punk – Totally Inspiring
Off! – First Four EPs (Vice)
Punk rock, the way it was when I fell in love with it. Keith Morris, as an old crabby dude, is just as cool as he was when he was a young crabby dude!
Fat Mike from NOFX as Cokie The Clown (SxSW 2010)
An acoustic performance as Fat Mike dressed up as the saddest substance abusing clown since Shakes, delivers 6 heart wrenching acoustic renditions of deeply personal songs, including the ending of The Decline. Marred only by assholes in the audience yelling.
Roger Waters – The Wall (Live @ Nassau Coliseum)
Changing the concept from a rock star’s self loating to a
rock star loathing the Government. And what a spectacle it was!
Rush – Jones Beach – August 2010
We got tickets just as the show began and where in the very last row in the nosebleeds. Despite the distance, this show fucking rocked!
We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut by Eric Davidson
A fantastic book on the American rock / punk scene of the late 80’s and 90’s.
The Walking Dead (AMC)
A great, very graphic, adaptation of the very graphic novel.
Grinderman 2 (Anti)
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and
the Race of a Lifetime by John Heilemann & Mark Halperin
What REALLY happened during the 2008 elections.
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals – Self Titled
Bluesy, rockin’ and something that I still might be listening to in 5 years.
