MsPacMan
10-28-2012, 01:07 AM
OK. I'm gonna lay a confession on ya. You guys are practically family so it’s probably time you were aware……..
……….check it out:
I AM HOPELESSLY IN LOVE WITH ADAM RICHMAN.
YES, the Man V Food guy.
YOU know……that travel show where he goes to a restaurant and they serve him a burger the size of, I dunno, BRAZIL, and they say “eat this entire monstrosity in 45 minutes and we'll give you a free t-shirt!” and HE DOES eat it!!!......……he eats it ALL…….right there in front of you.........and upon reflection you think: “WHY am I sitting here watching a man gorge on a 6-pound burger topped with mac-&-cheese when the sun is shining outside and I have better things to do with my life?..…......OMG, WHERE DID IT ALL GO WRONG???!!!”
But…….try as you might YOU CAN’T LOOK AWAY……because watching him devour that burger LIKE A BOSS is inexplicably and hypnotically fascinating and ……well…….very…..very….VERY……alluring. (Or is it just me?)
http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/man-v-food
Mmmmm, MMMMMMMMM. Delicious.
So maybe I should tell you about him?
His name is Adam.
He’s smart.
And sexy.
And hilarious.
He’s Jewish.
He’s from Brooklyn.
(Remind you of…………?)
OH YEAH……....…silly me.........…..did I mention?
HE’S A BEASTIE BOYS FAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (y) Squee!
LOOK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPHda5Qces0 (skip to 13:45)
…….Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdamRichman/status/198524604225036288
…….guest DJing on KCRW: http://www.prx.org/pieces/69786-guest-dj-project-adam-richman (you have to create a free login to hear the full thing, but I transcribed the Beastie part for y’all).
“So the first track is the first Beastie Boys track I heard, which is Rhymin’ and Stealin’ off of “Licensed To Ill”. I think for me, growing up in Brooklyn, hip hop was an inexorable part of my youth, and of the culture I grew up in…….especially cuz my folks got divorced and my mom and I moved to the Starrett City projects, which was a largely African-American development - so hip hop was pretty ubiquitous, and uh……to all of a sudden to see a group where two of the guys were named Adam; they were all Jewish; one went to my rival high school (MCA, who happens to be my favourite Beastie Boy)…….and, um, I remember my mom and I had gone away (I went to a religious Jewish school) and there was like a retreat at this Catskill hotel…..and I remember I had snuck my walkman to bed……..I had just bought “Licensed To Ill”, and I put my headphones on and my mom was like “you’re not listening to music now – it’s too late!”…….and of course I went under the blankets and stuff. And my babysitter and my cousin had listened to Led Zeppelin and I pressed play and I recognized this riff instantly as When The Levee Breaks, and then suddenly voices that were not terribly unlike mine and experiences not terribly unlike my own were, like, being spit out there. But I knew when I was under the covers, you know, sneaking this music away and feeling like it was something naughty and wonderful, I knew that it was something special and something unlike I had ever heard. It felt like the BEGINNING OF A MOVEMENT…….and not just “ooh, I’ve locked into some great music”........and so, yeah!……..and I guess, to some degree, I think, being that I am “Brooklyn kid made good”, and “a Jewish kid named Adam”, I don’t know……..I think that perennially I find myself rhymin’ and stealin’……..like through every season of Man V. Food!!” (June, 2011)
…………be still my aching loins…………
Adam Richman - if you are one of the thousands of Bboy fans who frequent these messageboards.....please accept my declaration of undying love!
<3
……….check it out:
I AM HOPELESSLY IN LOVE WITH ADAM RICHMAN.
YES, the Man V Food guy.
YOU know……that travel show where he goes to a restaurant and they serve him a burger the size of, I dunno, BRAZIL, and they say “eat this entire monstrosity in 45 minutes and we'll give you a free t-shirt!” and HE DOES eat it!!!......……he eats it ALL…….right there in front of you.........and upon reflection you think: “WHY am I sitting here watching a man gorge on a 6-pound burger topped with mac-&-cheese when the sun is shining outside and I have better things to do with my life?..…......OMG, WHERE DID IT ALL GO WRONG???!!!”
But…….try as you might YOU CAN’T LOOK AWAY……because watching him devour that burger LIKE A BOSS is inexplicably and hypnotically fascinating and ……well…….very…..very….VERY……alluring. (Or is it just me?)
http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/man-v-food
Mmmmm, MMMMMMMMM. Delicious.
So maybe I should tell you about him?
His name is Adam.
He’s smart.
And sexy.
And hilarious.
He’s Jewish.
He’s from Brooklyn.
(Remind you of…………?)
OH YEAH……....…silly me.........…..did I mention?
HE’S A BEASTIE BOYS FAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (y) Squee!
LOOK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPHda5Qces0 (skip to 13:45)
…….Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdamRichman/status/198524604225036288
…….guest DJing on KCRW: http://www.prx.org/pieces/69786-guest-dj-project-adam-richman (you have to create a free login to hear the full thing, but I transcribed the Beastie part for y’all).
“So the first track is the first Beastie Boys track I heard, which is Rhymin’ and Stealin’ off of “Licensed To Ill”. I think for me, growing up in Brooklyn, hip hop was an inexorable part of my youth, and of the culture I grew up in…….especially cuz my folks got divorced and my mom and I moved to the Starrett City projects, which was a largely African-American development - so hip hop was pretty ubiquitous, and uh……to all of a sudden to see a group where two of the guys were named Adam; they were all Jewish; one went to my rival high school (MCA, who happens to be my favourite Beastie Boy)…….and, um, I remember my mom and I had gone away (I went to a religious Jewish school) and there was like a retreat at this Catskill hotel…..and I remember I had snuck my walkman to bed……..I had just bought “Licensed To Ill”, and I put my headphones on and my mom was like “you’re not listening to music now – it’s too late!”…….and of course I went under the blankets and stuff. And my babysitter and my cousin had listened to Led Zeppelin and I pressed play and I recognized this riff instantly as When The Levee Breaks, and then suddenly voices that were not terribly unlike mine and experiences not terribly unlike my own were, like, being spit out there. But I knew when I was under the covers, you know, sneaking this music away and feeling like it was something naughty and wonderful, I knew that it was something special and something unlike I had ever heard. It felt like the BEGINNING OF A MOVEMENT…….and not just “ooh, I’ve locked into some great music”........and so, yeah!……..and I guess, to some degree, I think, being that I am “Brooklyn kid made good”, and “a Jewish kid named Adam”, I don’t know……..I think that perennially I find myself rhymin’ and stealin’……..like through every season of Man V. Food!!” (June, 2011)
…………be still my aching loins…………
Adam Richman - if you are one of the thousands of Bboy fans who frequent these messageboards.....please accept my declaration of undying love!
<3