Vintage Whisky, 2010

If I had to highlight the highest lights from 2010, I'd give it to my Harvey Pekar obit and tribute, Woody Guthrie's guitar, and The Summer of Egress: 1980.

A hundred grand, give or take, should get you
a Socialist's guitar
(Debbie Harry photo not included).

Books

• Salinger, Leonard, Zinn -- a retrospective.
• Don DeLillo -- Point Omega.
• Punisher MAX: Butterfly -- a one-off.
• Nikolski, Nicolas Dickner -- first reflection, and another.
• Harvey Pekar -- RIP.

Movies

• Short clips -- Star Wars: Clone Wars, The Waltons, Tom Petty.
• Toy Story 3 -- whom gods destroy...
• The Man From U.N.C.L.E. -- when TV was young 'n' fun.

Music

• A Soundtrack in search of an early spring.
• Woody Guthrie's guitar -- an ode.
• "Album of the Year" -- sure surprised me,  I'll tell ya.
• The Summer of Egress -- was 1980 (for the record).
• Another soundtrack -- through the Slough of Despond.

Life

• Photography comes full-circle -- with the Good Enough Revolution.
• Artistic Expression & Age -- something happens when an artist ages.
• A visit to the Comic Book Store.
• The Dishwasher Door -- "It's funny how your mind sometimes works."
• Comparative Education -- plus ça change.