English singer, musician and actor David Bowie, 1974. (Photo by Terry O'Neill/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

I didn’t really intend to be posting this on Inauguration Day; I meant to have it done earlier. But I had to wait until January 1 to make sure no one else was going to die, and then it took a while to get things together. But now it seems entirely appropriate to say one last goodbye to the departed of 2016 as we say goodbye to a pre-President Von Clownstick world and inaugurate four years of…um…interesting times.

“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro,” said Dr. Thompson. I guess it’s time.

  • Dearly Beloved  Prince
  • We Are the Dead  David Bowie
  • Going Home  Leonard Cohen
  • Stranger in a Strange Land  Leon Russell
  • Abe Vigoda with Hal Linden  Me or Your Computer?
  • Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings  People Don’t Get What They Deserve
  • Abe Vigoda  I’m Dead
  • Sign O the Times  Prince
  • The Space Program  A Tribe Called Quest
  • This Is All About Me  Garry Shandling
  • Revolution Part 2  Butthole Surfers
  • When I Met You  David Bowie
  • The Show Must Go On  Alan Rickman with Tim Allen
  • Trying to Live My Life Without You  Otis Clay
  • Rainbow Stew  Merle Haggard
  • I Need Music  George Martin
  • A Day in the Life  The Beatles
  • The Album Is a Disaster  Leonard Cohen
  • Memories  Leonard Cohen
  • The Last Show  David Bowie
  • Rock & Roll Suicide  David Bowie
  • Help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi  Carrie Fisher