I once spent 45 minutes agonizing over which DVD to purchase: a collection of Billy Joel music videos or a collection of Toto music videos. I loved them both back in high school (don’t worry—my musical tastes have since evolved) and the choice was difficult. I was spending an afternoon with friends at ear X-tacy – a common hangout spot back then. Hours were spent browsing CDs, flipping through music posters or trying out vinyl on the turntables upstairs.

You went in for New Release Tuesdays. You got sweaty at the live in-store performances. And you stood in line for hours the last weekend of November for that last chance. Now you have yet another chance to get a piece of ear X-tacy, but this is it. Really.

• "State Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer hired his girlfriend as a 'special assistant' in his department during the waning days of the 2011 gubernatorial campaign, in which he was a candidate for lieutenant governor. According to the state Personnel Cabinet, Stephanie L. Sandmann was hired as a non-merit employee in the Department of Agriculture, to start work on Oct.

• "Republican David Williams tried to stir support on Tuesday by criticizing Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear for taking part in a Hindu “ground blessing” ceremony last week for a new India-based employer in Elizabethtown. 'He’s there participating with Hindu priests, participating in a religious ceremony,;' Williams said during a campaign stop in Shelbyville. 'He’s sitting down there with his legs crossed, participating in Hindu prayers with a dot on his forehead with incense burning around him.