Worth getting up for in January: the new Wooden Wand album; the new Elin Ruth album; the Dorado album; Frontier Ruckus’s Eternity of Dimming; Beach Boys covers; Willie Nelson live; Mike Carey’s Felix Castor novels; Jefferson Bass’s Bill Brockton novels; chili cookoffs; the Ravens beating the Colts, embarrassing Peyton, and crushing Tom Brady; Angry Birds Rio finally re-installing on my phone; my origami Page-A-Day calendar; the new Alan Bradley mystery; planning my spring schedule.

Eh, you guys, January was kind of lame. I slept a lot.