New Year's at my house this year

On the menu:
a large shrimp cocktail, some leftover Boston cream pie, a Hormel
"Compleats" roast beef and mashed potatos dinner (with "beef like
flavor" as an ingredient, I swear to god!), the remains of some not
Bailey's but McCormick's Irish Cream. ice tea and eggnog at other
times. (Sometimes together. My version of Thai ice tea...) I also
have some double-chocolate Milanos but I don't think I'm going to get
to them.

Listening to:
FMU in the afternoon and evening.

WNYC
Listened to Paul Winter's solstice celebration at the Cathedral of St
John the Divine. Nice to hear Wolf Eyes again after so long. I
remember playing that in the early 80s when I first got that record.
Hearing the cicadas sawing and the wolf's cries. Still moves me. And the
crowd howls along en masse! Bravo! And then to hear Minuit. Heaven.

Prairie Home Companion is re-running last year's show at the Ryman in
Nashville but are playing some good cuts from various shows before
that. In particular, Joe Ely's I'm Gonna Live Forever.

WBAI
Will listen to Peter Bochan's Short Cut through 2007 at 11.
Best line so far: "Hi. I'm Art Buchwald and I just died." (His real
obit!) Otherwise, I don't think I'll save any of it. I must be out of
touch with things audio. I didn't recognize many of the soundbites.

Watching:
Various channels. Later, CNN looking at various New Year's Eves around the world with
the sound off, listening to Short Cuts.

And poking around the web.

The ball drops 8 seconds after my computer's clock says it is New
Years. Who's right? timeanddate.com says I am...

12 minutes after midnight. What else is on tv...

Happy New Year, world.