Previously on Adam Riff™: 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…
Date Archives June 2015
Life's better in boardshorts
On the road again. Food targets: Guisados, Santa Monica Yacht Club, Mariscos Jalisco, Bachi Burger.
Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week
26. Witness (True Detective, S02E01) Stray Observations (True Detective, S02E01) "Aspen. That's a boy's name?" (True Detective, S02E01) "You're supposed to savour that." "Yeah? Let me try it again." (True Detective, S02E01) "We were created to rule, my love, and the blood of mankind will…
I'll find strength in pain
When life gives you Don Lemon… Why is MSNBC still Microsoft NBC? Why hasn't it re-branded as NBC News Network? Rory: NBCNN can be confused for a partnership with CNN. Jon: Then Comcast NewsNet. No, that's also CNN. ProNewsTalk? Rory: NBC News Channel – NBCNC….
You know nothing, Jon Yu
Of all the places to build a castle, Sleeping Beauty built hers across a river. Without the tunnel, her castle is a dam. Inside Sleeping Beauty Castle You ever wonder why the castles in Super Mario World contain so much chain-link fencing? I'm overseeing Pepe's…
Never Stop Laughing
[sees poster for Max] Is that the same typeface as Mad Max? Oh. They're both Warner Bros. releases. Two Warner Bros. films with "Max" in the title, one month apart. [sees trailer for Max] SAD MAX. Both Fox releases. Sony's film adaptation of Uncharted is…
Can't Bring Me Down
The Only Game in Town (2015) Cormack Vertue is an autistic teenager with a unique ability – he never fails to get out at solitaire. This makes him a prime candidate for the school solitaire team and gives him an opportunity to impress Odette, the…
Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week
25. Walk of Shame (Game of Thrones, S05E10) Honourable Mention Kevin Owens attacks Machine Gun Kelly (WWE Raw, 06-15-15) Stray Observations Damn, Arya (Game of Thrones, S05E10) Game of Thrones Season Grade: B- "And Filipinos find this amusing? They are a fascinating people." (Silicon Valley,…
Death by 1000 cuts
Concert Idea: An r&b/hip-hop Royal Rumble – 30 artists only performing collaborations. To illustrate: Jay Z and Kanye West are one and two. They perform a few Watch the Throne songs. Rihanna enters at three. All three perform "Run This Town." Paul McCartney enters at…
Live out your fantasies
THE WEEK IN Kristen Wiig in The Martian Irrfan Khan in Jurassic World Universal Cinematic Universe: Phase Three July 2016 Jurassic Parks and Recreation A found footage documentary on Jurassic World and its employees. Its filmmakers were killed in the pterodactyl attack in Jurassic World….