14. The Pacific (a deserving double-dip) #clipoftheweek
Date Archives April 2010
Size of Your Life
1 "Hi. The card reader won't let me pass because I 'just used' my MetroCard. How long must I wait before I can use it again?" "18 minutes." "18 minutes?" I had entered one side of the Avenue J station before realizing that I could…
We go out east and play some shows, then we know it's time to go
Off to the San Francisco International Film Festival.
Courtesy, Professionalism, Respect and Young
Times Square fascinates me. It is a tourist attraction because it is perceived as a tourist attraction, but in reality, there is no substantive attraction for tourists to see. The primary attraction is…advertisements. Remove the…advertisements and the "Crossroads of the World" is a Walgreens and…
Brooklyn like a sea in the asphalt stalks
Previously on Adam Riff™: This past summer, The Secret Life of the American Teenager introduced an openly gay high school freshman whose two older brothers are also gay. [eyeroll] I tuned in for Sunday's season premiere of The Amazing Race, however, and… Gay brothers!!! My…
Circadian Blues
Metro is such a shitty paper. In Toronto, they literally can't give it away. Homeless people produce better papers. When selecting a subway station ad design, marketers should ask themselves: "Which one could be defaced most hilariously?" Does that sign say 6th Avenue or 8th?…
Downtown Owl
JetBlue DirecTV carries VH1 Classic, but not ABC. I missed Modern Family (rerun – phew!) but caught Stephen A. Smith discussing racism with Sean Hannity. "Hey, where is JFK Airport?" "What?" "I can't see it on this kiosk map." "Where are you?" "I'm inside the…
You cannot say that the terrain is entirely unfamiliar
Off to the Tribeca Film Festival. Like my Sundance trip, I still don't know where I'm sleeping tonight.
Irony is a warm gun
-_- The bag of Fritos I'm eating claims that Fritos are "the official snack of Minor League Baseball." Okay… Right Guard is "the official deodorant of the NBA." Right Guard Total Defense 5 is some space-age shit. "PowerStripe! Blocks sweat! Time-released! Targets bacteria! Neutralizes odor!…
Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse
ESPN did not to increase its bid to televise the NCAA men's basketball tournament, and an ESPN.com reader opined: How disheartening to know that this kind of money is being thrown around for viewing rights to a game. Meanwhile, millions of people continue to die…