I love Brand for 15 minutes at a time. Then he's just insufferable.

"Strangely taking its time for a movie whose cast we’re pretty sure is just Skyping on a green screen"

Hey kids! Today we're going to be learning about institutional racism!

Cookie Monster, you better take good care of this kid.

OK, now that I have a high-quality version of Yeezus (i.e. I bought it), I love it even more. I didn't think that was possible.

I couldn't find out, but I will fight you for him.

"Majestic" really is the best word to describe Sigur Ros. And 2013 in music.

Their YouTube channel is pretty solid. I'd recommend it.

I know. My favorite so far has been the one in Liberia. It was an hour and they definitely made the most of it.

I actually really enjoyed that review. They must have turned down the PretensionBot3000.

The problem with these shows is that all the performers are fairly bland. Someone like Bob Dylan could never make it based on vocal talent. Someone like Amy Winehouse? Too strange for mainstream America. For as much as people try to manufacture stars, there's something that can't be captured— Elvis had it, Freddie…

He deserves all the awards for the "Sounds of Silence" cue.

Turns out my vice is… watching Vice documentaries. They're so sensationalist, but I can't help watching them.

I know his reputation in mainstream media is what is what is, but I really want to hang out with him, especially if he's anything like Aziz Ansari describes him to be.

Ah okay. I was thinking I was getting rusty with my Simpsons quotes or something.

Well now I feel like a hypocrite for complaining about people not understanding references earlier. The Beatles are probably #2 for me.

As in a group?

I managed to finish Ulysses and Gravity's Rainbow in high school (I was really pretentious), so I'm optimistic. I'll post updates on my blog that I occasionally link to here.

My new goal on the AV Club is to hit 10,000 likes before I post 1,000 comments. Considering I'm at 843 comments and 8,644 likes, I'm on course. Along with reading Infinite Jest this summer and finishing writing a novel of my own by the end of 2014, I think my goals are in order.

They were some of the pretty obvious ones. That and the awkward silence afterwards gave them plenty of time to do so. I think I compared someone to Ron Swanson without anyone recognizing it. Maybe I need a group of TV friends in real life.