It was a revolting year, the Teabagging nuts took the Congress thanks to a Supreme Court filled with Nazis like John Roberts, Sam Alito, Clarence Thomas (whose wife is a Teabagger) and Antonin Scalia. Kudos to the San Francisco Giants who won. Wherever my dad may be, I am sure he was smiling. He loved the Giants even long after they left Harlem. Maybe Aston Villa will win the premiership in England. Only one championship since 1910, thus making them the Boston Red Sox of English soccer.
Top 10 NEW RELEASES FOR 2010
This is a tough one because I am including releases that were released in 2009 in the UK. But they made it over and into my consciousness in 2010 so they’re on the list. But once again they are in no particular order at all.
Buy New or Used via amazon
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
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Robert Plant – Band of Joy
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Florence and The Machine – Lungs (2009 Release)
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Mumford and Sons – Sigh No More (2009 Release)
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Phillip Selway – Familial
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Robyn – Body Talk
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The Orb featuring David Gilmour – Metallic Spheres
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Kid Cudi – Man on The Moon Part 2
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Neil Young – Le Noise
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Belle & Sebastian – Write About Love
Tom Petty and the Heartbreaks – Mojo
Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier
Paul Weller – Wake Up the Nation
Scissor Sisters – Night Work
SINGLES
Cee-Lo – Fuck You
Florence and the Machine – Dog Days Are Over
M.I.A. – Born Free
Mumford and Sons – Little Lion Man
Black Keys – Tighten Up
Robert Plant – Angel Dance
Robyn – Dancing On My Own
Arcade Fire – We Used To Wait
Kylie Minogue – All The Lovers
Scissor Sisters – Fire With Fire
REISSUES
The deluxe reissues are getting crazy. Do l really need 6CD’s worth of In The Court of The Crimson King or pay $200 for the super duper deluxe tricked out version of David Bowie’s ”Station to Station” and ”Exile on Main Street”. It’s too much and money’s already too tight to mention.
Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street (2CD Version)
David Bowie – Station to Station (3CD Version)
Jefferson Airplane – All the Live Albums on Collectors Choice
Moby Grape – Live
Sandy Denny and The Strawbs – All Our Own Work
Strawbs – Live at the BBC Vol 1 and 2
Iggy and the Stooges – Raw Power
Bob Dylan – Best of the Mono Box Set (Nice distillation for those who can’t afford the $100 Box Set)
Paul McCartney and Wings – Band on The Run
Soundgarden – Telephantasm (2CD and 1 DVD Set)
Jimi Hendrix – Valleys of Neptune and West Coast Seattle Boy
That’s about it really. As I write this Keith Olbermann is no longer with MSNBC and it as a shame really. To me he was, the in the words of Tom Petty, The Last DJ:
“There goes the last DJ, Who plays what he wants to play
Who says what he wants to say…
There goes the true voice, there goes your freedom of choice”
Tom Petty “The Last DJ”
Jay Stewart