Jahar's World Jahar, or "Jizz," as his friends also called him… A number of his friends would go off to some of the country's better private colleges, "but Jizz rolled with the punches." You could say that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover of Rolling Stone…
Date Archives July 2013
Wayne Newton or 311
Every time I see Hank Azaria as Gargamel in ads for The Smurfs 2, I die a little inside. See also: Jennifer Aniston's striptease in ads for We're the Millers. His chola brows are so distracting. Kenny is played by an English actor, so not…
Grab your Glocks when you see 2Pac
Looks like we have competing documentaries on famous recluses this fall – the ballyhooed J.D. Salinger doc from the writer of Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, and this: It's Tom Wolfe and Gore Vidal vs. Berkeley Breathed and Bill Amend.
It's Levels
Man, you follow one UCLA baseball player, and Twitter begins prodding you to follow his teammates, and then alumni, which leads you to… Jewish Baseball News | Padres prospect Cody Decker: far from average Why doesn't Major League Baseball adopt the pitch tracking technology that…
But guys, where is the banana hot dog?
Previously on Adam Riff™: 10-28-05 A long time ago, while perusing IMDb, I stumbled upon a film called 5-25-77, the release date for Star Wars classic. The film's website offered little information, but the production company granted my request for a copy of the script….
Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week
28. Grand Fin-ale (Sharknado, 07-11-13) Honourable Mention Waiting for the bomb to go off (The Bridge, S01E01) Reggie's Tron skit (Comedy Bang! Bang!, S02E01) Stray Observations "Shame is like having a daughter with red hair and freckles – you cannot let it become part of…
Super solo dolo attack, run and tell that
To do: King Noodle Gonzo noodle shop in Bushwick. The specialties are "kimchee carbonara" (with Doritos for $1 extra) and tiki drinks. Cultish Italian Gelato Import L'Albero Dei Gelati Is Coming to Park Slope Back home, Trezza has won all sorts of awards for flavors…
Put a price on my head, won't make me run
R.I.P. my six-year-old MacBook Pro. Apple refused to repair it because it is "vintage." [pause] By that logic, Ed Hardy = vintage clothing. I saw a bloke on the street wearing this shirt: Vintage Nets fan. [browsing UCLA apparel] Yeesh. These designs… Vintage Adam Riff™:…
Still spell America with the triple K
Starting in September, visitors to Universal Studios Florida will step into the "Cabin in the Woods." Halloween Horror Nights creative director Mike Aiello describes the flow of the haunted house maze experience as a "chronological retelling of the film from beginning to relative end –…
Listen to soul, listen to blues
Back to the crucible. [grumbling]