Date Archives April 2011
Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week
14. Meat Loaf and Gary Busey's "confrontation of death" over art supplies (The Celebrity Apprentice, S04E05) Our in-house video player [sigh] does not work in IE9. Is anyone unable to view this week's clip? Honourable mention: » Holder suckers two girls into telling him the…
Romantic comedies and Oreo cookies
—He looks like he's about to fellate a severed finger. —Ahem. The Blunted House A comedy about two friends from LA who decide to convert their home into a two story bong. Charging people to enter, the Blunted House becomes an instant success, but slowly…
Phlebotomy
Previously on Adam Riff™: Instead of criticizing Saturday Night Live, I thought I'd put myself in the writers' shoes and try to conceive a good sketch for each remaining episode this season. Helen Mirren is hosting this week. I expect two scoops of outrageous elder…
I'm a goddamn professional
Today is the second anniversary of our sports photo-tumblelog, The Agony of Defeat. Two years, 2320 photos, 426 followers, and about as many unfollows. If nothing else, the archive looks spectacular as presented in Tumblr's mosaic format. A sobering realization: In less than eight months,…
Gratuitous Film Clip Wednesday
Presented without comment. #gfcw
Rescue Mission
Are the Beastie Boys hip-hop's Ridley Scott? 1. Classic early work BB: License to Ill, Paul's Boutique RS: Alien, Blade Runner 2. Forgettable 00's BB: Anti-war song, To the Five Boroughs, instrumental album RS: Black Hawk Down, Matchstick Men, Kingdom of Heaven, A Good Year,…
Melina vs. Alicia Fox
Seeing Chicago in Source Code and on Shameless (USA) and The Chicago Code has made me strangely homesick. Of course, I type that as it's 70° and sunny outside. Blue sky. Source Code and Shameless (USA) created fake Chicago transit agencies – CCR (Chicago Commuter…
Dancing on a rainbow with no fear
Maybe what I miss most about being a Christian is that whenever it's late at night, I'm all alone and not distracted, and this feeling of profound emptiness washes over me, I could just say "That's supposed to be there, that's the hole in your…
The Destruction of Sennacherib
As bookstores die, will book tours die too? And what is the future of book signings? Download a writer's book and he or she will scrawl on a screen for you? My local public library uses radio waves and microchips to check out books. You…