Finally! An overall story arc may be in place for the show! The scroll that Wesley was translating ended up serving many purposes. As a cliffhanger, it was used by Wolfram & Hart to raise a demon… which was cliffhanger revealed to be Darla! Cool! But also the text on [...]

a little longer than the usual 8 tracks… 12 tracks, closer to an hour… all from 2009
1. Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees “You Don’t Miss Me”
2. Rachelle Van Zanten “Halo”
3. Venice Is Sinking “Ryan’s Song”
4. The Shins “Plenty Is Never Enough”
5. Marina & The Diamonds “Obsessions (Pink Stallone Crush remix)”
6. Purplespace “Kaleidoscope”
7. Circulatory System [...]

This episode set up a lot about Wolfram & Hart, finally. The one attorney, Lindsay, discovers that a blind assassin who he is defending is going to kill some children. He goes and tells Angel who stops it. Bernard from Lost, a partner at W&H, is upset at Lindsay’s betrayal of the [...]

1. Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo “Clever Chemist Makes Chewing Gum From Soap”
2. Thunderegg “If You Were Paper”
3. Hamza El Din “Greeting Card (Abdin)”
4. Hot Chip “Sanfrandisco”
5. Feist “L’Amour Ne Dure Pas Toujours”
6. R.E.M. “The Eleventh Untitled Song”
7. Digital Underground “The Danger Zone”
8. Fever Ray “When I Grow Up (We Grow Apart Inspiration Take [...]

“War Zone” was pretty well-written and interesting as a standalone episode. Not sure if it added much to any greater Angel story, though there was a hint at the end that it might have. It starts in a rich software billionaire’s party (Michael Bolton from Office Space), who hires Angel to protect him [...]

went to Wilco concert tonight… all Wilco-related tracks today:
1. Wilco “Spiders (Kidsmoke)”
2. Jeff Tweedy “Simple Twist Of Fate”
3. Uncle Tupelo “Moonshiner”
4. Jim O’Rourke “Life Goes Off”
5. Billy Bragg & Wilco “Airline To Heaven”
6. The Nels Cline Singers “Blues, Too”
7. Wilco “Radio Cure”
8. Loose Fur “Laminated Cat”

Woo that was an action-packed episode. Rogue Slayer Faith is still there, and Rogue Vampire Angel is trying to help save her soul. She murdered someone on an episode of Buffy, and ran away… to show up on Angel. Rogue Watcher Wesley is approached by the Council of Watchers, who want Faith [...]

1. Scout Niblett “Kidnapped By Neptune”
2. Bob Dylan “Ring Them Bells (alternate version)”
3. Butthole Surfers “The Ballad Of Naked Man”
4. Whodini “Five Minutes Of Funk”
5. Sam Dees “Meet Me Half Way”
6. Kelly Harrell “My Name Is John Johanna”
7. Neil Young “Bandit”
8. Iron & Wine “Grey Stables”

Wow I wasn’t expecting Faith to show up! That was cool. This episode had a ton of stories going on, all kind of entwined, which definitely made it one of the better stories. Using more than 3 characters = good. First, Faith shows up, and does her thing (sexy dancing and [...]

1. Beth Orton “Sugar Boy”
2. Thea Gilmore “Hydrogen”
3. Phosphorescent “Right Now I’m A-Roaming”
4. Neko Case “I Wish I Was The Moon”
5. Frightened Rabbit “Head Rolls Off”
6. Dizzee Rascal “Driving With Nowhere To Go”
7. Tom Waits “Sea Of Love”
8. Led Zeppelin “Over The Hills And Far Away”