2012 and the world ends much as it all began: in a fog of cocktails, training bras, and awesome music from kristin Diable Andrew Duhon and Mitch Forman presided over by human dynamo Jonathan Ferrara and House of Lounge hipster pioneer Edith LeBlanc.

Megan Braden Perry from nola.com rolls out her ho’s from Xmas past, Olga summons up Tannenbaum on a sinister Silent Night, Cynthia NOMO DeBiase is a white cookie in a black world, Andrew Duhon stops by and so does Bill from Slice.

Craig Giesecke moved to NOLA not to smoke pot, but cheese. Vox and the Hound have a live conversation with Jesus, Peggy Sweeney McDonald dot-dot-dots Meanwhile Back At Cafe Du Monde…, troubadour Andrew Duhon drops by.

Author Robert Dean is scared that success, happiness, domesticity and a dog will kill him. Jeffrey Thomas is working for a better world. Billie Holiday goes reggae in the bodies of Miss Mec and Coco Dank.

Ponyspace rocks it live & acoustic, Blake Haney from Dirty Coast analyzes the psychology of T-shirts, renaissance woman Rhonda Findley leaves Germans and Jamaicans behind for Fun Rockin, and Bill shows up with pizza.