Well, it's the end of another year. So, first off let me give you a (slightly premature) greeting to year three of the Joe Mammy experience/experiment. It's been a huge year here with the release of the NEP's first album lilies of the field, continued promotion for All Things Right and Beautiful and the exclusive Joe content--fiction, commentary, reviews and last but far from least, the Features. So here's a special thanks to everyone who made this year bearable at times and a blast at others:

D-Funk and Kari--soon to be married so I can refer to them as K-Funk or maybe Dari
Rex Havoc
Bill, Christophe, Ka-Reeeestee, G'Root, Skeeyot
Chad, king of Wilubrnia
Brent, Adina and family
Watson, Fischer, Lisa and JC
Mikey
J&J
Ray and Brian at the Birdhouse
my new peeps in phone land (you know who you are)
My readers at the Birdhouse
-and-
the Devil Pups

and a special shout out to our Featured guests this year:
Larry Blamire (Trail of the Screaming Forehead is in post-production!)
Kari Byron
Bruce Campbell (They Call Me Bruce in the works...)
Linford Detweiler of Over the Rhine
John Lurie (Learn to Draw coming... sometime... but it'll be worth the wait!)
Mike Roe (highlight of the year: Holy Crap!)
William Winckler
Father Charlie
and
R Lee Ermey (Texas Chainsaw... prequel on the way in '06!)
Thanks everyone!

And finally

The songs that defined '05 (for me at least):
glosoli - Sigur Ros
Drunkard's Prayer - Over the Rhine
Chameleon - Mike Knott
Every Day is Exactly the Same - Nine Inch Nails
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley's version
Museum of Idiots - They Might Be Giants
Small Car - John Lurie (by way of Marvin Pontiac)
The Jig is Up - Mike Roe (live version)
32nd Street Bandwagon - the NEP (shameless plug)
Let Go - Frou Frou

Happy '06 kids,

-Joe