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