Special: 2013 In Review: 100 Best Songs

Hello all, let's kick off our January year in review specials with my top 100 songs of 2013. Now just to be clear all songs had to be released as a single to be considered, and the single release date must have been in 2013. So even though a song might have been on an album that was released in 2012, if the single was released in 2013 it is considered. Now on to the list...

100. Alkaline Trio - I Wanna Be A Warhol

99. One Direction - Best Song Ever

98. The Dangerous Summer - Catholic Girls

97. Hedley - Anything

96. I The Mighty - Four Letter Words

95. 3OH!3 - Back To Life

94. I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business - Enola

93. Fall Out Boy - Death Valley

92. Arkells - Coffee

91. Set It Off - Partners In Crime

90. City And Colour - Thirst

89. Major League - Homewrecker

88. HelloGoodBye - Everything Is (Debatable)

87. Senses Fail - Between The Mountains And The Sea

86. Fun. - Why Am I The One?

85. Katy Perry - Roar

84. Paramore - Daydreaming

83. Andrew Mcmahon - Synesthesia

82. Fall Out Boy - Just One Yesterday

81. Transit - Nothing Lasts Forever

80. All Time Low Feat. Vic Fuentes (Pierce The Veil) - A Love Like War

79. Silverstein - In A Place Of Solace

78. The Downtown Fiction - Some Place On Earth

77. Bowling For Soup - Real

76. The Maine - Love And Drugs

75. Cancer Bats - R.A.T.S.

74. Panic! At The Disco - This Is Gospel

73. Anberlin - Unstable

72. Patent Pending - Let Go

71. A Rocket To The Moon - Ever Enough

70. Such Gold - Survival Of The Fondest

69. Taylor Swift - Red

68. A Loss For Words - The Kids Can't Lose



67. Pierce The Veil - Bulls In The Bronx

66. Paramore - Now

65. Less Than Jake - My Money Is On The Longshot

64. The Used - Iddy Biddy

63. Tonight Alive - Come Home

62. Anthony Raneri - String Me Along

61. Fall Out Boy - Young Volcanoes

60. Driver Friendly - Run

59. Courage My Love - Cold Blooded

58. Protest The Hero - Underbite

57. Season's Change - Save It!

56. Rescue Kid - Make You Mine

55. Anberlin - Dead American

54. What's Eating Gilbert? - Complaining

53. Forever The Sickest Kids - Nice To Meet You

52. Polar Bear Club - WLWYCD

51. Fall Out Boy - Where Did The Party Go?

50. Mayday Parade - Ghosts

49. The Swellers - Got Social

48. Simple Plan - The Rest Of Us

47. Hawthorne Heights - Golden Parachutes

46. Driver Friendly - I Can See Canyons

45. Bowling For Soup - Right About Now

44. The Early November - Tell Me Why

43. Big D And The Kids Table - Best Of Them All

42. Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light 'Em Up)

41. Transit - Young New England

40. We Are The In Crowd - The Best Thing (That Never Happened)

39. The Used - Hands And Faces

38. Walk Off The Earth - Red Hands

37. Polar Bear Club - Blood Balloon

36. Paramore - Anklebiters

35. HelloGoodBye - Finding Something To Do

34. Forever The Sickest Kids - Nikki

33. Tonight Alive - Lonely Girl

32. Real Friends - Late Nights In My Car

31. Fall Out Boy - Alone Together

30. The Wonder Years - There, There

29. Major League - Final Thoughts

28. The Swellers - Running Out Of Places To Go

27. Zebrahead - Sirens

26. The Summer Set - Maybe Tonight

25. Carousel Kings - Road Warrior

24. Silverstein - A Better Place

23. A Day To Remember - Right Back At It Again

22. Sleeping With Sirens Feat. Matty Mullins (Memphis May Fire) - Congratulations

21. City Lights - See You At The Top

20. Man Overboard - Where I Left You

19. Zebrahead - Call Your Friends

18. Taylor Swift - 22

17. New Found Glory - Connect The Dots

16. Fall Out Boy - The Phoenix

15. You Me At Six - Lived A Lie

14. Take Me To The Pilot - Melody

13. The Story So Far - Empty Space

12. All Time Low - Backseat Serenade

11. State Champs - Hard To Please

10. Tonight Alive Feat. Benji Madden (Good Charlotte) - Breakdown

9. Chnuk! No, Captain Chunk! - Haters Gonna Hate

8. Handguns - Stay With Me

7. The Wonder Years - Passing Through A Screen Door

6. The Summer Set - Boomerang

5. With The Punches - Face Value

4. All Time Low - Somewhere In Neverland

3. State Champs - Elevated

2. Silverstein - Massachusetts

1. July - What We Signed Up For

Comic Shop Corner: December 31, 2013

Yet again a holiday falls on the Wednesday so we get our comics a day early! Let's end 2013 with a bang! And by bang, I mean reading comics alone this new years (Insert "Forever Alone" Troll Here).


Dark Horse Comics

The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys #6

Here it is kids, the final chapter of the "Danger Days" saga by My Chemical Romance written by lead singer Gerard Way. It all ends here, boys and girls, so Killjoys, make some noise! The Phoenix Witch rises, Destroya lives, and Korse is on the loose! If Battery City isn't razed to the ground by the end of this issue, then we're all dead. Check your BLI-issued heart monitors and make sure you have a pulse. If you do, you need this raucous finale!

Also available: Juice Squeezers #1, Star Wars (Lucas Draft) #0, Bad Blood #1, Occultist #4, Baltimore: Chapel Of Bones #1, Michael Avon Oeming's The Victories #8, Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle #2, Grindhouse: Doors Open At Midnight #4, Catalyst Comix #7, and many more!

DC Comics

Dead Boy Detectives #1

From the pages of The Sandman, Neil Gaiman's dead boys get their own monthly series! As fans of storybook detectives, Edwin Paine (died 1916) and Charles Rowland (died 1990) will take on any and all mysteries - including their own untimely deaths! The dead boys head back to St. Hilarions, where bullying headmasters continue to rule the school. But when they investigate the lingering mysteries of their own deaths, they meet a young girl named Crystal whose tech skills and strange link to the undead earn her a place as a new detective. Dead Boy Detectives is a fast-paced adventure series that takes us from the bustling streets of contemporary London to Japanese-inspired video games and dangerous worlds perched somewhere between the now and nevermore.

IDW Publishing

G.I. Joe #12

The Secret History of COBRA! In the aftermath of Cobra's New York attack, Baroness leads a new up-and-coming officer called Siren around the world-and into the past! Siren uncovers the secrets of the previous Cobra Commanders-and comes face-to-face with the ruthless current one! This kicks off writer Paul Allor's first run on Joe as he has previously worked exclusively in the TMNT universe penning a couple mini-series issues (Fugitoid, Shredder) as well as the upcoming Utrom Empire. It'll be interesting to see how he adapts to the Joe world and follows up on Van Lente's great run.

Also available: Deadworld: Restoration #2, Judge Dredd Classics #7, Sinister Dexter #2, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #5, and many more!

Image Comics

Sin Boldly (One-Shot)

Joseph Michael Linsner makes his long awaited return to Image as he writes and draws two stories featuring characters that his die-hard fans have been asking about for years. In Hell Is Waiting, Sinful Suzi learns a lesson about the wages of sin. And in Burning Roses, Obsidian Stone loses an old friend and welcomes a new demon. This guilty pleasure is a long-overdue return to the black and white short stories that Linsner started with in Cry For Dawn. Because if you are going to sin, then sin boldly!

Also available: Manhattan Projects #17, Rocket Girl #3, Artifacts #33, Todd The Ugliest Kid On Earth #8, Clone #13, and many more!

Marvel Comics

New Avengers #13

You guessed it! Yet another Inhumanity tie-in! With the consequences of Infinity fresh on their minds, tough decisions are made. We see the gathering of a new Illuminati, as well as learning more about the other beings related to the Incursions. Can Mister Fantastic, Doctor Strange, Namor, Black Bolt, Iron Man, Beast, and Black Panther figure these mysteries out alone? Find out as Hickman continues his EPIC run on the critically acclaimed title.

Also available: Guardians Of The Galaxy #10, Superior Foes Of Spider-Man #7, Savage Wolverine #13, and many more!




Spotlight

Dynamite Comics: L'il Ernie (One Shot)

I know, I'm getting ridiculous with the one shots but bear with me. This title kicks off Dynamite's line of kid friendly titles that will be released over the next month as they teamed with kids cartoon extraordinaire Art Baltazar. Eisner and Harvey Award winning cartoonist Roger Langridge brings you his own, all-ages take on cult favorite Evil Ernie! Ernest Fairchild is the most evil kid on the block. Why? he never eats his vegetables, his library books are sometimes three weeks late, and he once xeroxed his own butt! Can Mister Smiley, his annoying yet strangely ineffectual conscience, make him change his ways? And are Daddy Fairchild's blank eyes somehow related to his peculiar odor, rotting flesh and appetite for human brains? Get a copy for yourself and one for the kids... it's wall-to-wall zombie fun for all the family! And if that isn't enough, each Li'l book comes with a two-page activity sheet!

FCBD Spotlight

IDW Publishing: V-Wars

New York Times bestselling horror author Jonathan Maberry (Ghost Road Blues, Pine Deep Trilogy) presents the chronicle of the first Vampire War in V-Wars! This all-new tale leading into this summer's ongoing V-Wars series offers the first salvo in the battle between humans and hundreds of new species of vampires! How cool does that sound!? So make sure you make some time to pick up V-Wars at your upcomming Free Comic Book Day event on the first Saturday in May. You'll regret it otherwise. Not to mention, check out this rad Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) cover!

Top 10 Countdown: December 28, 2013

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas... But no time to waste as we have our last countdown of 2013.

10. State Champs - Hard To Please
Last week: 6.

9. The Swellers - Got Social
Last week: 10.

8. We Are The In Crowd - The Best Thing (That Never Happened)
Last week: NEW!

7. Polar Bear Club - Blood Balloon
Last week: 8.

6. Sleeping With Sirens Feat. Matty Mullins (Memphis May Fire) - Congratulations
Last week: 2.

5. A Day To Remember - Right Back At It Again
Last week: 9.

4. City Lights - See You At The Top
Last week: 5.

3. Zebrahead - Sirens
Last week: 4.

2. July - What We Signed Up For
Last week: 3.

1. Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! - Haters Gonna Hate
Last week: 1.

(Christmas!) Song of the day: December 24, 2013

(Christmas!) Song of the day: December 24, 2013:

I Call Fives - This X-Mas


Off the album "No Sleep 'Till Christmas 3" out now

download link: http://nosleepsampler.com/album/no-sleep-till-christmas-3

Comic Shop Corner: December 24, 2013

With Christmas on a Wednesday, new comic day has been pushed up to Tuesday! Though it's a very light day with the major publishers releasing a book or 2 and Dark Horse not pushing out anything this week. Though now with all the Free Comic Book Day books announced, this will be the first week I spotlight a FCBD book and it will be happening every week up until the first weekend in May.

DC Comics

Justice League #26

A Forever Evil tie-in! Why has the Crime Syndicate really come to our Earth? What are their darkest secrets? And how will their actions fundamentally change the Justice League as we know it? Meanwhile, Grid controls the world's power and communications, but what does he truly want from the Syndicate? Plus, a member of the League struggling to survive plots a path of return...and revenge. Geoff Johns continues his run on Justice League while laying the groundwork for post-Forever Evil events.

Also available: Forever Evil #4



IDW Publishing

Doctor Who Special 2013 #1

In this special one-shot story celebrating the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, a strange force flings the TARDIS and the Doctor into our own universe! Once here, the Doctor encounters a 10-year-old girl who happens to be a huge fan of the Doctor Who TV show. The Doctor grapples with
being a fictional character and monsters lurking at the girl's school on the way to coming face-to-face with the actor who portrays him, Matt Smith! This is however bittersweet as it is the last Doctor Who comic that will be released by IDW as their license with BBC to publish the comics will expire at years end.




Image Comics

The Saviors #1

Eisner Award winner James Robinson (Starman, Earth 2) and artist extraordinaire J. Bone (The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror, The Spirit) present an all-new saga of monstrous alien horror. When Tomas Ramirez stumbles upon an extraterrestrial conspiracy to take over the world, his life is changed forever. He must now seek out those few souls who share this terrible knowledge. But even united, how can they hope to defeat a shadowy alien cabal that is both indestructible and eager to kill anyone who threatens it? This newest ongoing at Image is sure to entertain and continue the great success the publisher has had over the last decade.

Marvel Comics

Origin II #1

A few years after the events of Origin finds James Howlett running with the wolves... Until something unexpected brings him back into the world of Follow the first "X-Man" as he finds his way back to civilization and falls afoul of someone Sinister, who's just discovering mutantkind and the horrors he can visit on them. Plus, discover the secret behind James' greatest enemy! At some point, the mutant who will become The Wolverine must choose: is he man or is he beast? An all-new chapter in the secret origin of one of Marvel's most mysterious characters is revealed by superstars Kieron Gillen (Young Avengers, Iron Man) and Adam Kubert (Avengers, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine)!

Also available: Avengers #24

Spotlight

Dynamite Entertainment's Robotech/Voltron #1

Part 1 of 5. Two of the greatest anime legends of all time are about to collide in one epic saga! The Lion Force team face the return of a mysterious ancient adversary that could jeopardize the very existence of Voltron itself. The repercussions threaten to reach across the fabric of time and space, all the way to Earth. How will Roy Fokker and the Skull Squadron cope with such a new menace, especially with the Zentraedi looming over Macross Island? What opportunities will King Lotor pursue in a crisis like this?




FCBD Preview

Dark Horse Comics 3 books in one!

It just wouldn't be a comic shop corner without previewing a Dark Horse release so what a perfect time to talk about their gold book offering at this years Free Comic Book Day, as usual Dark Horse is giving us 3 books in one. Following last years R.I.P.D./Mass Effect/The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, comes this years mix of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Itty Bitty Hellboy and Juice Squeezers. In Avatar: The Last Airbender, Sokka follows Suki as she gives a lesson in manners and encourages a young girl's strength. Itty Bitty Hellboy has fun toying with nemesis Rasputin, and the Juice Squeezers crew leap into action to defend one of their own against a persistent bully. Hilarity ensues!