• The NHL Guardian Project —How can an immovable object walk? —These are like Section 8 characters. Stan Lee created a superhero for each NHL team. The 30 "Guardians" will officially be unveiled on Sunday in a "live-event show." —Are there actual costumes?! —I'm not…
Date Archives January 2011
Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week
4. Community, S02E13 Ben Chang as "Drugs" Honourable mention: » James Brown Interviews E*Trade Baby (The NFL Today, 1-23-11) » Lights and Omar in the closet (Lights Out, S01E03) » "Leslie, I typed your symptoms into the thing up here and it says you could…
Here lies a man who lived his life
I was unaware that this was a television series – one that ran for five seasons! It sounds like a comedy sketch. "Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie!" R&B star Craig David and Huey from the Fun Lovin' Criminals join Jack to spend a terrifying night strapped…
A Warrior's Heart (2011)
Plot Summary: In shock and denial over his Marine father's death in battle, star lacrosse player Conor Sullivan, always a maverick and a hothead, starts acting out in self-destructive ways that have his mom, Claire, at her wit's end. But arduous training in a wilderness…
Gratuitous Film Clip Wednesday
I'm in the mood for some Beat Takeshi. #gfcw
The Footage Is Forever
—Huh. That's two songs in this episode that we featured on an Adam Riff™ cribsheet – Say Hi – "November Was White, December Was Grey" (the week of 03.01.09) and…Future Islands – "Vireo's Eye" (the week of 06.27.10). Neat conceit for the opening credits of…
Cows can't go down stairs
7. Cheesy Mac and Rib — The Grilled Cheese Truck, Los Angeles Sharp cheddar mac-and-cheese, strands of sweet BBQ pork and caramelized onions are all stuffed into two perfectly buttered-and-fried slices of white bread. • America's Top 10 New Sandwiches I still have to try…
Diamond Dogs
Ohio sucks at being cool? • Party in the O-S-U • Rationale and statistics • White People Rapping Poorly
Songs of losers and dreamers can be such a drag
—Why is there a half-eaten cake on the floor? —Oh, um, at my last job, a vendor sent a bunch of them to the office, and I brought one home, because…free chocolate cake, but I grew sick of it. —So you put it on the…
Reconstructing Damon Albarn in Kinshasa
Reconstructing Damon Albarn in Kinshasa is a German short film based on a press photograph of Damon Albarn performing at a concert in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the film, two men fictively recount and physically emulate the photograph, which you never see.