Spanning several categories – from music to books, technology to world events – Eric J. Iannelli offers his Top 19 for the year 2001.

Matt Cibula presents his choices for the 19 best sets of lyrics of 2001. Let the arguments begin.

Our man in Seattle, Marcel Feldmar, provides a rundown of the most amazing bands to play in his city in 2001.

“2001? Bah! Humbug!” says Stein Haukland. Here are the Top 19 reasons he’s glad to see the back of the year.

If a picture’s worth a thousand words, here’s a 19,000 word essay from staff photographer Jen Lato, summing up 2001 both professionally and personally.

Athens, GA has always had a fertile music scene, but 2001 was a particularly good year. Our man in Athens, Jeff Montgomery, runs down the 19 best albums the city had to offer this year.

As Gail Worley herself might say, “It’s all about hangin’ out with rock stars.” Gail hung out with plenty of rock stars this year, and here presents the 19 most memorable things they said to her.

In this time of terror, James Mann is thankful to be an American.

George Harrison died of cancer today. James Mann looks at the life and influence of “the quiet Beatle.”

Troy Jewell relates a few things to be thankful for this holiday.

This year, Lee Ann Leach is thankful for the bad things in life…

Why is Carl F. Gauze thankful for travel? Find out.

Welcome to James MacLaren’s Inconvenience Store, a place where the host is as good as the coffee – bitter, scalding and guaranteed to wake your ass up. We are given a brief tour of the amenities by Columns Editor Matthew Moyer. No shirt, no shoes, and definitely no service.

Jonny Impetigo moves over to the wrong side of the tracks at columns.ink19.com, as we bid a simultaneous goodbye and hello with a star-studded retrospective. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll inch slowly away.

Comix wonderkid Josh Sullivan has come to Ink 19, and Columns will be featuring his art and writings in Vertical Composition. Here’s a preview of where he’s at.

We’re so pleased that Charles DJ Deppner has joined the Columns fold that we’re offering a sneak preview of his spanking new Iceberg Defect column. For your eyes only!

It’s a spooky Halloween treat as the Columns-Keeper gives us a guided tour of the “last stop” for columnists, the Columns Graveyard! What the hell?

As part of the spotlight on new writers at Columns, we’ve got a special preview of Marshall Presnell’s look at 21st Century design successes and failures. 2 Up 2 Down, give it a shot.

Bing Futch pens Dark’s Corner, a view of the Orlando music scene as personal gonzo autobiography. Columns Editor Matthew Moyer picks his favorite moments from Dark’s Corner, and Bing Futch rebuts and rebounds.

James Mann has the tough answers to the question everyone’s asking: “Why?”.