No Record Reviews For 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic pretty much made it impossible for me to compile a list of winners and losers for this year because, as I explained back in October, everyone's a loser in a pandemic.  (That includes Joe Biden, who won the Presidency but who now bears the unenviable task of getting us out of the pandemic at a time of political polarization.)  Now the pandemic has led me to cancel something else for 2020 - my reviews of classic record albums, which I'm sure you all love and look forward to.  I just haven't found the time this year to listen to any classic albums often enough to find the time to formulate opinions of them that I can express in in clear, coherent sentences, because of this damn virus.   

Back in 2019, I had a rough time for personal reasons, which distracted me from writing about classic records for most of the year, but I managed to conjure up some reviews for December 2019.  This December, I won't even attempt to do that because so much is going on with all of us.  Hopefully I'll be able to get back to writing about classic record albums in 2021, and I may even write about records from current bands.  Review Greta Van Fleet? That would be nice!  But not now.  Now is definitely not the time. 

Although, I will be commenting on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees for 2020, in full.  The induction ceremony took place the day the presidential election was called for Biden, so no one noticed it.  (To respond to the inevitable insistence that no one cares about rock and roll anymore - so why even talk about Greta Van Fleet? - the Hall of Fame's Class of 2020 does include a rapper and a pop diva.)  So stay tuned for that.