I’ve never done this before, assuming a certain shelf life to what I write here, but maybe I’ll start. Now, this is completely self-indulgent, so you are warned. Here are my personal favorites of the Distal Muses for 2012:
Narratives And The American Landscape
Petty Stuff, Harlan Ellison, and Therbligs
The Golden (Silver?) Good Ol’ Days
Reflections On The 4th of July: A Personal Statement
Jon Lord, Deep Purple, Legacies
I’ll leave December alone. The last one is, I think, appropriate to end the overview.…