Pathetic self-promotion:

For what it’s worth, I sympathize — and this is coming from a guy who’s already contributed like 5 lists because I can’t help getting sucked in!

That is a damn good Chili Peppers run — for the seeming few of us who can stand them!

Is this, like, one of the largest and fastest-growing, non-Star-Wars-related comments sections ever? Nice job, AV Club — you baited us perfectly!

Really general topic (say, all of music) + definitive statement (strongest 3-song run) = suckers like me can’t resist!

If only Rose Parade could go where Cupid’s Trick is... Not that I don’t like Cupid’s Trick — it provides a nice high-water mark for the album in terms of energy and works where it is for the record overall. But for this little game, I wish I could get me three favorite songs on the album in a row.

Stars for the Elliott Smith. I wanted to include something from XO, but I couldn’t figure out which three-song sequence to do. Not even my favorite record of his, but it has one of the strongest first halves to any album for my money. And I include Waltz #1 in that, although that’s track 8 so it’s actually past the…

I’m a Beatlemaniac, so it’s very hard for me to choose, but into the ring, I’ll throw:

I had it starting with Across The Sea, so we’re going to have to fight to the death over custody of El Scorcho.

If we’re talking West Coast 90's rap, how about 2Pac’s (yeah, I’m still writing it that way):

I was thinking of posting that same Weezer trio. Honestly, aside from the insufferable “Thank God for Girls”, that white album is by far their third best for me. And I had long since stopped caring by the time it came out. I’m usually an album purist, but TGFG is such a blight on an otherwise great record that I’ve…

Yeah — fair enough. I guess I meant that we didn’t actually see the majority of Hearts In Atlantis the book in Hearts In Atlantis the movie, and in that way, it was mostly unplumbed territory, but I take your point.

Or how about a full version of Hearts In Atlantis? The ‘01 movie only adapted a fraction of the book and left out my favorite section, the college one, which also provides the title. When taken together, the books’ interwoven segments create a moving portrait of King’s generation that constitutes, for me, some of his…

Well, at least it gave us Rooney Mara. First thing I saw her in, anyway, and she’s become probably my favorite actress of her generation.

Ha -- fair enough! Only other thing I’ll say is that I also liked the mask from 4. It’s pretty divisive, because it’s so different from the original, but it definitely scared me the most as a kid.

Although, recall that the Druid angle was kiiiiiind of brought up in II, with ‘Samhain’ written on the chalk board in blood. There it was a nice, creepy touch, and it mostly worked because they didn’t go too far into it, as they did in 6.

‘I Wish’ by Skee-Lo, of course — the only song by him I’ve ever heard, yet I’ve (we’ve) heard it about 6,745,234 times. Still love it, though.

I actually like Halloween 4. Danielle Harris was a good little actress, especially in part 5, which is otherwise a slog to get through, aside from Donald Pleasence whom I always enjoy.

Gotta say a word in defense of Ordinary People here. It’s one of my favorite movies, and to me what it does so well is to create incredibly realistic, complex dynamics between all the major characters, who are themselves quite complex. I mean, all the shit going on between Conrad and Beth (his mother) — as well…

This news has finally galvanized me into canceling Prime and boycotting Amazon in general. To me, no one should have that much money, and no company should dominate like Amazon — I’m tired of enabling both.

Would have been cool to see Pep Streep-ek. Heh-heh...