Not to be negative, but it was a very challenging year. I, for one, will be glad when it is over. I am ready for the times to get better. May your life become more stable if things are up in the air. May you find a job, money, and security. May your house continue to be your house. May your dreams come true, or at least, begin to root and grow strong. May you see a future in what you do. May the economy continue to recover. May it rain where it hasn't, and may it not rain where it has flooded. May we have peace in the world, in our homes, in our lives.

For the last song of the year, Jack Grace sums it up from our 2010 Music Fog Marathon at Threadgill's in Austin, during SXSW® music week. BTW, Jack is readying a cool new album for the new year, but in the meantime, here is "It Was A Really Bad Year." Jack is joined by an all-star band; with Earl Poole Ball on piano, Tom Lewis on drums, playing bass is Daria Grace, and the Mariachi Horns are J Walter Hawkes on trombone, along with Steve Butts on trumpet. You can find the original version of this tune on the Drinking Songs For Lovers CD, out in 2010.

Let's count it down tonight, then onward to 2012...and upward!

- Jessie Scott