Namedrop time, but Brian Izzi was my assistant manager at a record store in 2006, about the time Trap Them was beginning. He's a great guy; I always root for his records to do well. AV Club mention? Ma, he made it!

I keep Rex's "C" for the sole fact that I play it in my car during the first real accumulating snowfall every year. Not a summer record at all, though.

I don't know how deep into the Format catalog you've been, but a favorite of mine is his remix of Frankensteez' "Mister Jason Has a Posse". Background - Mister Jason produced a song with 26 MCs that corresponded with each letter (with some admitted stretches in there, but hey, it's not like he's got Pete Rock's…

A- might be a little high for me, but it's no worse than a B. There's a lot to like here, and while I wasn't looking forward to 2Chainz, it wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. The end of the Justin Hawkins track was a minute or two too long, and the Little Dragon track was a little too long in the middle, and the…

They basically split into two factions. I don't think we'll see them together again.

Royce the 5;9", Tonedeff, Masta Ace, DJ Shadow all on that list, too.

What's amazing is that the name "Mookie" had such an awful standing in Boston (for the obvious reason), and that this kid in a matter of a year has erased all of it.

To me, Yawkey should have been Donald Sterling'ed as soon as it was discovered that he turned down a young ballplayer by the name of Wille Fucking Mays (that's what he went by before the "Say Hey Kid" caught on, mind you…ask Ken Burns!).

I was at an Angels game when Jhoulys Chacin was pitching, and tweeted a request to play "Don't Go Chacin Waterfalls" - he obliged. Also, if you do tweet a request and he plays it, tweet a Thank You. It makes him feel good.

After a stolen base this year, TJ played the beginning of Run The Jewels' "Close Your Eyes.." on a loop. I appreciated it.

I'm continuing to pat myself on the back for telling anyone who would listen last year to not worry about Porcello. Feel free to join me.

Second AND third, and maybe even 4th - not sure if you were talking about Bogaerts or Betts, but also Bradley. Although Pedroia is in there somewhere; so Dominicans, African-Americans, AND Little People. Very inclusive fan base these days.

I feel like David Cross is following the late-career-Bill-Hicks path where he just has a bunch of shit he wants to say, and peppers in the occasional line to get enough laughs to continue to distinguish himself as a comic and not just a spoken word artist. I don't think it's bad, and I enjoyed watching the special,…

Some excellent choices here - many are also on my list.

I had a couple on my list - Massive Attack chief among them. Great call.

This is the number one correct answer for everything, ever.

I was working in a record store at the time, and I didn't see the commercial until about two weeks after it was out - so the influx of people looking for Nick Drake really confused me for a bit.

Well done, sir.

From the same tree as the previous Native Americans, no less.

I don't know if it's coincidence or intentional mixing up "Basket Case" with "No Rain", as the Mr. Robot review did it this week as well, except "Basket Case" WAS the song being played. Either you made a great reference, or that's just freaky.