WINTER PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN EARTH’S OPERATING SYSTEM. STILL, MAMA NATURE, WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO DAMNED COLD? ALAS, THANKS TO THE DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF HUMAN-PROVOKED CLIMATE CHANGE, EARTH’S COLD SPOTS ARE NO LONGER A COLD AS THEY SHOULD BE. WE DON’T MEAN TO GIVE OL’ MAN WINTER THE COLD SHOULDER, BUT IT SURE WILL BE EXCITING WHEN SPRING STARTS COMING INTO VIEW. FOR NOW, BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE — BUT INSIDE, WHERE WE’RE MAKING ART AND MUSIC, AND COOKING UP BIG IDEAS, IT’S GETTING HOTTER ALL THE TIME.