Friday, December 30, 2011 at 5:58PM

17 nice things from the past 12 months. Not in any order, except alphabetical of the first word.
An Agnes Martin Letter
Bob Herbert’s last op-ed
Breeders Son of Three video. This is not from 2011, but I had not seen this smile inducing video till this year.
Brian Eno Glitch
Cornel West on Riz Kahn show. Really, Cornel West anywhere, anytime.
Eagle egg hatching cam at Duke farm in Hillsborough, NJ in early April. Also the ispy app.
Egyptian revolution

Fugazi Live series
Garfield minus Garfield. Deep and also maybe not from 2011, but new to me.
John Baldessari’s Your Name in Lights
Type Truck mobile letter press truck
Out Like Lambs untitled EP
Peter Wegner's Monument To Change As It Changes
This kid’s shirt
Tibetan monks at Newark Museum worked for days on a sand mandala and then after a ritual ceremony, swept it up and emptied into the Passaic River.
Tyne Daly as Maria Callas
X show at the Stone Pony