[contextly_auto_sidebar] WELL, one of the worst years in recorded history is over. Every morning, as my consciousness returns, I am reminded that Leonard Cohen, Bowie, George Martin, and my dad are dead and that a nasty, incurious bully is on the verge of becoming president. My employer, Salon, has posted a piece with a mix of happy and sad songs with which to end this year and enter the … [Read more...]