Topics: Poconos, Kalahari Water Park, Station Bar in Woodstock, Phish at Madison Square Garden NYE, dduk guk New Year's Day, University of Michigan football, NOTEM planners, Humbled by the Void practice, MTA adventures, birthday parties, upcoming Mardi Gras 2/10 gig at Mama Tried, Maine Beer Co., Oh Me Oh My by Lonnie Holley, The Hypos S/T, Little Rope by Sleater-Kinney, Hometown to Come by Minwhee Lee, Selected Jambient Works, Vol. 1 by Country Sadness, Explosive Hits Vol. 1 by Trans-Canada Highwaymen, Orange Head by Black Grape, Saviors by Green Day, Doppelganger by Naomi Klein, Ramona and her Father by Beverly Cleary, The Gospel of the Hold Steady by Michael Hann, The Six Day War by Michael B. Oren.