LEFT IN EAST DAKOTA

Here are my picks for best albums of 2010. I've done it a few years now, but this year my primary goal was to have a list where Kanye West's waaaaaaaay overrated album isn't on it. (Here are my lists from 2007 , 2008 , and 2009 .) 10. Yeasayer- Odd Blood Delightfully weird. This is the sort of music Lady Gaga dresses like she wants to make. I Remember 9. Aloe Blacc- Good Things Snubbed by many "best of" lists, Aloe Blacc put out the best R&B album of the year and barely got noticed. Femme Fatale 8. Dan Mangan- Nice, Nice, Very Nice This dude can write. But the album isn't the just the stereotypical singer/songwriter guitar and microphone act (not that there's anything wrong with that). It is actually quite funky as well. Road Regrets 7. Sufjan Stevens- Age of Adz I was able to see Sufjan while he toured in support of this album. I thought the album just the right mix of electronica and folk-rock. (The show was amazing by the way.) Now That I'm Olde...

No matter what, everyone has a level of pride they must keep. This is needed to care not just about themselves, but about anything, or anyone. Abe knew this. It’s that same sting that makes a dancer cover herself while picking up the currency hurled her way when she was stark naked only moments before. Without it, we wouldn’t even get out of bed. We wouldn’t even clean ourselves. What’s the point? Some days Abe had to remind himself he still cared. It was strange. And a bit grandiose. Most people don’t have to sit and wonder if they care. Not about any particular issue, but about anything and everything. This worried him. As I suppose it should. Just like you and I, Abe was born somewhere. And it was somewhere to a tee. It wasn’t anywhere that needs anymore description than that. To make things even more familiar, Abe didn’t much like his father. We’ve heard this story before. Abe set out on his own. Not so groundbreaking. And not with high ambitions, but with a humming timidity that h...