November 14, 2010 on Adam Riff™: I am looking for contributors for my web zine, which I plan to launch in January. Each quarterly "issue" will consist of a variety of content (articles, comics, podcasts, et cetera) that is all, in some way, related to…
Date Archives March 2012
Masterpieces liquidate in fertile tears
Gillette sent a man around the world to see how far one ProGlide cartridge could go. I saw that Gillette ad and thought, "Gillette should have sent him around the country when Taco Bell was testing Doritos Locos Tacos." Lo, immediately following the Gillette ad…
Keep your lamplight trimmed and burning
—Why is Wu-Tang Clan performing so early? They're top-billed on the poster. —U-God's daughter has a piano recital that evening. —Dinner reservations at LudoBites.
Coming Attractions
A fight scene of the year candidate: In [American] theatres Friday. #comingattractions
Honey Smacks
Humans hate being mentally strong and physically weak. The fact that we get to take this planet down with us when we go brings us no joy whatsoever. Instead we admire athletes and the physically violent, and we loathe intellectuals. A bunch of nerds build…
Radiators know only what they see
I saw that Macy Gray recorded a covers album and thought, "Whatever." Then I saw the songs that Macy Gray covered. 2. Creep (Radiohead) 6. Teenagers (My Chemical Romance) 8. Nothing Else Matters (Metallica) 9. Sail (AWOLNATION) 11. Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) 14. "Bubbly (feat….
Alone in a room impervious to heat
Jon: Is that… Is that a white hair? B: Yup. Jon: FUUUUUUUUUU! B: "But I'm not even 30." I know, I know… [pause] B: It's just one white hair. It could be an aberration. And if it's not, your preferred hairstyle is an induction cut….
Live Stream: The Hunger Games
Rob Huebel's Georgia Tech shirts hijack this trailer [for What to Expect When You're Expecting]. Wes Bentley, the cast of American Reunion – two thousand zero zero party over oops second chance… Breakouts: 1999 Now that Wes Bentley's arresting gravitas has proven a magnet for…
Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week
12. Meet the Woman Addicted to Her Urine (My Strange Addiction, S03E08) Honourable Mention Fireworks (Eastbound and Down, S03E05) Boatman Gary (Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule, S02E01) Jack and Liz on the set of Jack's office (30 Rock, S06E14) Weird Al's 30 Rock…
Five Percent Dextrose
If Ken Jeong was a character in a Japanese video game, he would be Wisconsin's mascot. NC State's mascots – woof. Mr. Not Sober and Ms. Meth Addict. Kentucky's mascot looks like Kentucky forgot to pack its mascot costume.