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,…
Date Archives May 2014
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…