Best of 2013

Top Fives of 2013 (why the hell not?)

Shows
5/10/2013 UV Race/Gun Outfit in FARGO, ND!
6/17/2013 Big Eyes in Minneapolis, MN
8/6/2013 Criaturas in Minneapolis, MN
9/7/2013 Gas Rag/Condominium/Kontrasekt in Minneapolis, MN
12/28/2013 Varix/Wild Forest/Fucker SS/Zero/Systema Inmundo in Minneapolis, MN
(honorable mention to Total Trash and Teenage Moods for being the best local bands I've never seen, also shout out to Take Offense and San Diego hc, sickest crossover laughing intro)

7"s
Good Throb - Culture Vulture 7" (Muscle Horse) (best English punk band since Crass)
Total Trash - s/t 7" (self-released)
Replica - s/t 7" (Prank)
Gas Rag - Human Rights 7" (Beach Impediment)
Varix - I Can't Get Out 7" (Fashionable Idiots)

LPs
Radioactivity - s/t LP (Dirtnap)
Cremalleras - s/t LP (Cintas Pepe)
Culo - My Life Sucks... LP (Deranged)
Vixens - s/t LP (La Vida es Un Mus)
Tony Molina - Dissed and Dismissed LP (Melters)

Reissues/Archival (new to vinyl/new to me stuff only)
Neo Boys - Sooner or Later 2xLP (K/Mississippi)
Androids of Mu - Blood Robots LP (Water Wing)
Sado Nation - Disrupted Patterns LP (Gummopunx)
Altercation - s/t 7" (Lush Life)
The High and the Mighty - Crunch On Demo 7" (Radio Raheem) (more Drew Stone music video masterworks in 2014 please)

TC Bonzer Champ
Yours truly
4 other people  

Best Supernatural Encounter
Seeing a skeleton move on its own in a forest in Winnipeg

Best Record Store
Extreme Noise Records, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, god bless
(honorable mention to Hymie's and Treehouse (thx 4 the bonzers) and Standards!)

Life Lessons for 2014
Just cuz you can eat all the food on your plate at a restaurant doesn't mean you should
Don't ever leave the Midwest it's heaven on earth
Life goes on long after the thrill of living is gone