It’s been an interesting year, to say the least. And since this isn’t really a personal blog, I won’t get into all the details of my life: there were a lot of challenges, primarily with my health and with my family, but in all honesty if I step outside of myself and look, I can see the good: I was able to make some significant lifestyle changes, my son was accepted to his first-choice college (and killed me in his SATs), and my wife remains 33 years later my best friend, my biggest champion, and the love of my life. And since April of this year I’ve become surprisingly consistent writing about the music I love here, even going so far as to (briefly) get back to a post a day in December highlighting my favorite music of 2024. Since there’s one day left, we’re going to wrap up with another summary, a brief listing of those albums I love that – for one reason or another – I don’t have a physical copy of. I love consuming the tangible, but sometimes you just have to embrace the digital.