"It would just be me and her on a high hill and me rolling the rocks down the hill at their faces, picking them up and throwing them down the hill faces and teeth and all by God until she was quiet and not that goddamn adze going one lick less."

Scrolled and scrolled hoping someone had seen Hell or High Water. I thought it was a great flick, and I agree on Pine; he did seem a little young. Still, he did a good job. I'm close with my brother, so I think it hit that sweet spot for me. Foster and Pine had a believable, lived-in relationship. Things got very…

Your re-watch of Angel s5 is really making me want to do the same. I feel that I am in the minority on this, but I think 5 was the show's best season. The stand-alones were quite good (while still thematically fitting in with the rest of the season), and the addition of Spike was perfect. Spangel 4eVa.

I knew leaving the road was dangerous, but I did it anyway. Boneheaded move.

New Vegas update:

Sean Bateman likes that song.

I figured loading up was probably going to be my best option. I've got some Stealth Boys, lots of grenade missiles, a couple of frag grenades, and some dynamite. However, no combination of these items has really helped so far.

Deathclaws are ruining my life. I'm determined to get to the Great Khan Encampment, and I've tried just about every angle, but between the Deathclaws and the mutated gadflys, the GK have a seriously well-protected base. I could go do another quest, but I'm so stubborn. Any tips, New Vegas fans?

Love both of you guys for that.

Ellis is a great writer. There are passages in American Psycho that blow me away, and the poignancy of some of the stuff in The Rules of Attraction also wows me.

This made my morning at work. Thank you.

One M artist I didn't see anywhere but worth mentioning: The Mary Onettes. Slick, synth-y dreampop that is very listenable and one of the few bands I can think of where each release is actually better than the last. For fans of: The Radio Dept., Wild Nothing, Echo and the Bunnymen.

I don't know if it's a 2016 meme, but I'm currently loving Principal Skinner Out the Window. Cracks me up every time.

"Good House" for SOTY.

For you post-punk/electronic/synth fans, I'd say The KVB - …Of Desire and Public Memory - Wuthering Drum are both great records I've listened to a lot this year.

Not reviewing the DIIV album here felt like a major oversight, even if there were a million articles written about the band and Smith prior to its release. But it actually delivered on the hype. AOTY so far for me.

Right there with you. I've been playing through Fallout: New Vegas for the first time. I kept stopping and starting with it, but I think I've finally gotten into the groove.

Agreed on all those tracks.

Glad to see the love for the Julian Plenti album, which I thought was excellent at the time and still very listenable.

Still think TOtBL is deserving of all the praise and easily Interpol's best album, but you're right that Our Love to Admire is pretty underrated. There are some great tracks on there, but some filler as well. And some of the lyrics are cringeworthy. But if "The Lighthouse" soundtracked my final moments, it wouldn't be…