In Taipei, I discovered a Taiwanese band named 1976, which formed eight years before the band The 1975. This discovery led me to Google. Is 1970 a band? Is 1971 a band? Yes, 1971 is a Bangladeshi band, seemingly named after the year of the…
Date Archives May 2014
His sex appeal is only his athleticism
"Demo" Okay, 1. It's 2014. Why are you still handing out CDs? Just share your music on the Internet!, and 2. How can you expect me to give you money for a CD that I didn't ask for? After declining to give him money, what…
Crashing in slow motion in another cityscape game
Has it been three weeks? I'm ready to go home, and yet not.
Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week
21. The Red Supper (Hannibal, S02E13) WHAT. A Television Episode of the Year nominee. Honourable Mention TechCrunch Disrupt Competition Presentations (Silicon Valley, S01E07) Don's Death (Fargo, S01E06) Whiteout Pursuit (Fargo, S01E06) Lightskin Awareness Foundation (Loiter Squad, S03E02) Stray Observations "Dad's tied up somewhere!" "[gasps] He's…
Jesteś Bogiem
So… Taipei's government blocks adamriff.com on the city's free public wi-fi. I wonder if you can access adamriff.com at all in China. Public urinals in Taipei flush automatically when you "approach" them, but you have to approach them to pee, so they flush before you…
Turkish Delight
This billboard has EVERYTHING: Adam Sandler on an ostrich, Drew Barrymore in a parachute, an African savanna, four brunettes with the same hairstyle, Terry Crews holding a gold microphone… Related: RE: Godzilla More like MUTOs (feat. Godzilla), amirite? Juliette Binoche has a larger role. Standing…
You Don't Know How Lucky You Are
This past weekend, my cousin Wayne, cousin 16 of 18, B's brother, who was once literally in his father's doghouse, locked inside overnight as punishment, who rented every single horror film at our local Blockbuster, who was caught stealing copy machines from the Staples he…
Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week
20. Mason Verger feeds his face to Will's dogs, eats his own nose (Hannibal, S02E12) Honourable Mention Humphry Davy's Accident (Cosmos, S01E10) Tyrion's Confession (Game of Thrones, S04E06) Bang Bang (Louie, S01E03) Fat Girl's Monologue (Louie, S01E03) Parable (Fargo, S01E05) Deadpan Look to Camera (Comedy…
Global Data
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I got the jam but not the bread
I have not traveled outside of North America since 2004, and have not returned to the motherland since 1996. A 13h 45m flight sounds excruciating to 31-year-old me, but, at the end of the painbow… all-I-can-eat wax apples! Best fruit: 1. Watermelon, 2. Wax apple,…
Grosse Ile
Would you rather just miss a bus on a Sunday, or have your genitals mutilated? You know how on some airplanes, you can send text messages from your seat to other seats? Idea: A car-to-car chat platform. Instead of honking or flipping the bird, send…
Defended Semaphore
Ben: i can't stop listening to 5 seconds of summer Jon: the american apparel song? Ben: yes Jon: … Ben: man the HOOK Mash-Up Idea: "5 Seconds of Summer Girls." You look so perfect standing there In my American Apparel underwear And I think it's…
Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week
19. Texans respond to a severe drought (Vice, S02E08) Honourable Mention Charles Barkley Eats Churros (Inside the NBA, 05-07-14) Stray Observations "We are the undead, we are the redeemed." (In the Flesh, S02E01) What happens when this show runs out of Keaton Henson songs to…
I will lay down my bones among the rocks and roots
California's ONLY 21+ county fair. Music AND fun, unlike, say, a clarinet recital. Sorry, teens. No Vertical Horizon for you. When I think "days of fun," I think "central California." Rory: That's why they're "unique." OK, This Oculus Rift Business Is Getting Out Of Control
How Long Is The Night?
This past Sunday, I saw Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, a film about a Japanese woman who travels to Minnesota in search of the money that Carl buries in the film Fargo, because she believes that Fargo is, as its preface notes, a true story. Two…
Give my umbrella to the rain dogs
The documentary film I worked on opens this Friday in my old stomping ground of Westwood. But first, we're screening it tonight at the American Apparel factory and tomorrow night at the Museum of Tolerance. I forgot that Jack Bauer and I both majored in…
Grieveland, OH
You know rock is dead when 311, Foster the People, and Avicii are headlining modern rock radio station festivals. "Dress to go to a punk rock concert circa 2003." 3½. Pretend that Ben Weasel hasn't publicly punched a woman in the face What is the…
Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week
18. Lomo Saltado (Hannibal, S02E10) "You slice the ginger." Stray Observations "I will fight injustice with justice." (Game of Thrones, S04E04) A Kingslayer Bros. spin-off (Game of Thrones, S04E04) "Eat your candy." (Mad Men, S07E03) "I lose women and what am I left with? I'm…