Idea: A mash-up of Frank Ocean's "Bad Religion" and George Michael's "Faith." It sounds feasible in my head. Frank Ocean should perform "Pink Matter" at this year's MTV Video Music Awards with Andre 3000 and Prince (on guitar and additional vocals). Former White Lion and…
Date Archives August 2012
Speak low if you speak God
Out of such sentiments came a brief flowering of explicitly Muslim enterprise: Hero Chips (its bag depicting a young boy about to hurl a stone at an Israeli tank) and Abu Ammar Chips (named after Yasser Arafat's nom de guerre) in Palestine, Mecca Cola and…
Poor boys and pilgrims with families
I just finished reading The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson. Imagine the story of Dick Whitman and Anna Draper if they were citizens of North Korea. The second half of the novel, after the orphan master's son assumes the identity of North Korea's Minister…
Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week
31. Strip Club / Bathtub (Louie, S03E06) Stray Observations (Olympic men's basketball: USA vs. France, 07-29-12) Walter and Walter Jr. watch Mob Week (Breaking Bad, S05E03) Kevin Eubanks (The Eric Andre Show, S01E10) "If there is anything goat about me, it's that I am the…
Long jump or horror film?
Long jump or horror film?
Sprots!
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Death or Glory
Notes on the alleged London Olympics closing ceremony: Opening scene – "Rush Hour" Emeli Sandé – "Read All About It" Julian Lloyd Webber – Elgar on Cello Street Party "Notting Hill" theme Madness – "Our House" Parade of 160 Coldstream Guards to Blur's "Parklife", led…