The 11 Best Songs By The Crocodiles

Today I went to Barnes & Noble.  I still prefer reading books over digital.  There's something more fulfilling with a book.  On digital, I find myself getting bored and giving up more readily.  With a book...there's a goal that you can physically see.  A challenge to accomplish.  There's no question that books are a dying business...pretty much holding by a thread, which was evident by some of the ridiculous prices on hand.  Probably the most absurd thing, which makes me want to stop buying books altogether (or at least stop shopping at B&N) is that when I was checking out, they asked me if I want to buy a bag for 10 cents.  They wanted to charge me for the bag to carrying my books in.  Not a nice bag...a plastic bag. Seriously...a plastic bag.  Is there a bigger fuck you then asking the customer to buy a plastic bag?  Is the ten cents really that crucial that the company would rather risk the insult to the customer for it?  For a dime?  Are they that cheap or really that cash poor?  I honestly felt embarrassed for the girl at the counter for having to ask the question.  I wanted to make a jackass comment but knew she was only doing what she was instructed to do.  Barnes & Noble is doing everything in its power to stay in business.  Adding music CDs, Blu-Rays, board games, puzzles, toys, and a coffee shop to keep people coming in.  But the one thing they should really be doing is treating their customers with respect and not trying to gouge every last "dime" out of them.

What I needed was some brass, crass, kick you in the ass Crocodiles style rock to back me up.  Thankfully, there's a new album to enjoy.

Here are 11 Best Songs By The Crocodiles:

1. I Wanna Kill (Summer of Hate)
2. Mirrors (Sleep Forever)
3. Soft Skull (Summer of Hate)
4. Sunday Psychic Conversation #9 (Endless Flowers)
5. Refuse Angels (Summer of Hate)
6. My Surfing Lucifer (Endless Flowers)
7. Hearts of Love (Sleep Forever)
8. Dark Alleys (Endless Flowers)
9. Neon Jesus (Neon Jesus)
10. All My Hate And My Hexes Are For You (Sleep Forever)
11. Endless Flowers (Endless Flowers)

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The Best Albums of 2010 (#12-#22)

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Here are the Best Albums of 2010 (#12-#22):

12. Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon II (Maybe)
13. She & Him – Volume II (I Knew It Would Happen This Way)
14. The National – High Violet (Bloodbuzz Ohio Live)
15. Crocodiles – Sleep Forever
16. Against Me! – White Crosses (Bob Dylan's Dream)
17. Kanye West – My Dark Twisted Fantasy
18. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
19. The Hold Steady – Heaven is Whenever
20. Janelle Monae – ArchAndroid
21. Bruce Springsteen – The Promise
22. Junip – Fields

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11 Good Albums from the Past Couple Months

Sorry I've been on hiatus as of late.  Had some family stuff come up.  Followed by the Giants unbelievably making it to the World Series...and winning.  A work crisis.  And finally topped it off with some good old fashioned stomach flu.  There's one thing I realized while having my untimely bought with the stomach flu...there's a band, an album, or a song for every situation.  As I slowly recovered from my annoying illness after wallowing on the floor in crippling pain.  I was able to get onto my computer for a few minutes to check some emails...and play some Facebook games (need to have priorites, right?).  My itunes popped on with an album I had been listening to recently...Fistful of Mercy.  For some reason, at that moment, while every noise...light...movement...shake of my body made me want to run to the bathroom and pray to an unHoly devil...that album hit the spot.  It was the perfect momentarily distraction.

The reason the album was up on my computer was because I was lucky enough to attend Fistful of Mercy's private "first live show ever" last week.  For those unfamiliar with the band, it's Ben Harper, Joseph Arthur, and Dhani Harrison.  I can't say enough good things about the band...and would have done a more formal list if this hadn't been their first album.  That said, there have been a few new albums over the past couple of months that did not get a list since there were not enough songs by the band to do a proper list yet.  Therefore, here's a nod to them.

PS.  Pardon my crappy cellphone camera picture...but that is a shot from the show.

11 Good Albums Worth Checking Out From the Past Couple Months:

1.  Fistful of Mercy - As I Call You Down
2.  Warpaint - The Fool
3.  John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up!
4.  Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
5.  Klaxons - Surfing The Void
6.  Efterklang - Magic Chairs
7.  Tired Pony - The Place We Ran From
8.  Crocodiles - Sleep Forever
9.  Bonobo - Black Sands
10.  The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger - Acoustic Sessions
11.  Twin Shadow - Forget

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