A Sunday trip to Santa Monica

It was a very nice day, so MRJEFF decided to take a nice little walk in Santa Monica.


He saw some bright pink bougainvillea down near the beach.

(Actually, by this point I had gone down the giant stairway at Fourth and Adelaide, and was now in Pacific Palisades.)

What's goin' on out MRJEFF's window? 

The Chris Matthews Show: Transcripts

The Chris Matthews Show has finally deigned to post its transcript of their show from a couple weeks back. Take it away, Peggy:

MATTHEWS: What's the picture of the year for this election? What's going to be the iconic picture this year, like--like that speech at Normandy was for President Reagan back in '84?

Ms. NOONAN: The picture of the year will be a wire service picture that will win a Pulitzer Prize that captures in some interesting way the fact that Bush, under terrible pressure, has been dogged, and has stood by his guns.

Ms. NOONAN: It hasn't been taken yet.

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MPAA Ratings Fun

MPAA Ratings Fun With A.O. Scott! "'The Day After Tomorrow' is rated Pg-13. Millions of people die, but nobody swears, copulates, undresses or takes drugs."

More jacaranda blogging 

The Chris Matthews Show: Transcripts

For more than a week now your pal MRJEFF has been trying to confirm something particularly stupid he heard ultra-Bush-brownnoser Peggy Noonan say on the Chris Matthews Show (don't worry, Gentle Reader - MRJEFF was merely flipping through the channels at the time). But the show must have gotten wind of these efforts. How else can you explain their refusal to add the 5/16 show to their transcripts page?

We will keep you posted.

Cokehead

(more here) 

God Damned Fucking Idiot Pundits

From the pot-calling-the-kettle-black department: A Fox News discussion between host Eric Burns and syndicated blowhard Cal Thomas:

ERIC BURNS: Al Neuharth, moderate, founder of "USA Today" says this: "The war in Iraq is the biggest military mess miscreated in the Oval Office and miscarried by the Pentagon in my 80-year lifetime."  Neuharth wants the troops out of Iraq and President Bush out of office.  Neuharth says Bush should not run for re-election.

Cal, "USA Today," largest circulation of any paper in the country, not a liberal fashion by any means.  What does it mean that the founder of this paper has turned on the administration?

CAL THOMAS:  Nothing.  He's no Walter Cronkite and this is not Vietnam.  To make an over-the-top comment like Al Neuharth did that this is worse than ever, ignores Vietnam and the experience, which was a far worse war with far more casualties.  Being an opinion writer is like being a perpetual adolescent.  You can have opinions on everything and take responsibility for nothing.  His opinions don't mean anything.  They don't have all the facts.

Mr. Thomas is, of course, himself an "opinion writer". I'll let you create your own syllogisms.

BURNS:  There are some shows on all-news cable in which the opinions do matter though, don't you think?

THOMAS:  Oh yes, on ours, of course, and including the one I just I gave.

BURNS:  Not to be too defensive.

No, not at all...

A Trip to Amoeba

Well, I finally broke down and did it. I drove on out to Hollywood, to shop at Amoeba Records. Everybody's always talking about how great it is, so I figured, what the heck.

First things first: I still hate Hollywood. Not the concept of Hollywood as it has come to be known; the symbol of American anything-as-long-as-it-makes-a-buck cultural hegemony. No, I'm fine with that. Rather, I hate Hollywood the neighborhood. There's too much traffic, no parking, dirt and litter and graffiti and discarded chewing gum everywhere.

I can't say as I'm too keen on Amoeba yet, either. Oh, sure, it's huge, and the selection is amazing. I'll definitely go back, some day. But the store is completely crowded with heroin-addicted hipsters, with their trucker caps and eyebrow piercings, and deliberately obnoxious hairstyles. Call me a heretic, but I'll keep Aron's as my primary source. Give me bright, happy Highland over depressing, dismal Cahuenga any day of the week, my man.

Hm? Oh, yeah:

Baja Sessions, Chris Isaak
Ghost Train, The Hot Club of Cowtown
that dog. and Totally Crushed Out!, that dog.
The Indestructible Beat of Soweto: Volume One

$35.61

Jacaranda Fever - Catch It!

Man oh man, are the jacaranda in bloom this month! Imagine, if you will, (this photo)*10^6, all over the Westside. Explosions of lilac everywhere! 

Brunette Alexandra Kerry

Oh, sure, Rashy will faithfully cut-and-paste every bit of Cannes info his cyclist pal sends him. But what about the truly important news from the Festival, Matt?

One Handsome Devil!

MRJEFF enjoys a fine cuppa joe! 

Rashomon

Well, it's waaaay past time for me to have mentioned this, but Rashomon has its very own correspondent reporting from Cannes, known only as "George the Cyclist". Langdon fans GreenCine Daily have, of course, taken notice, and others have begun posting links to Rashomon too.

Spleen? Pancreas?

Oh, the joy of a trip to the beach -- sand, surf, and spooge!

Bouncy!

In our continuing effort to chronicle the very best of the internet, MRJEFF3000 brings you a short clip from very-nearly-eighteen Lindsay Lohan's movie Mean Girls.

Enjoy.

Yep Roc Records

MRJEFF Record Label of the Day: Yep Roc Records. Lots of that alt-country stuff those kids in their trucker caps like so much these days, both to listen to online, and (more importantly) mp3s for download.

Jeff-Bob says check it out!

Testimonies of Young People who left Christian Rock

Testimonies of Young People who left Christian Rock

"About four years ago, a local Christian radio station began broadcasting 'rock' of the 'Christian variety.' At first, I accepted only the light stuff. Within months, I found myself listening to heavier and heavier stuff. I thank God that my parents and I came to an agreement on the music I will listen to."

"The 'Christian rock' dominated my life for over a year until I could not get the same satisfaction I received the first time I heard it. I went to secular rock music and kept this desire and sin from my parents. I started out on soft music and grew to pop/rock-type music"

"God gave me the conviction to not listen to evil Christian contemporary music. He made me free in my soul!"

"I lived in the bondage of this music and the bondage of the music of my friends' preference, which was not very good either, to say the least. I realized that this ungodly music did not glorify God and never will."

"For many years I listened to 'Christian rock' and excused it because I was not listening to secular rock. I loved going to concerts and enjoying myself. Then I went to one 'Christian rock' concert, and one of the lead singers was dressed in a tank top and tight jeans. I was not sure what to do."

"I felt really proud that everybody else was listening to regular rock and I was listening also, but mine had Christian lyrics. One day as I was listening to this music I switched the station to FM and I was shocked to hear the same song on a secular station!"

"'Christian rock' deafened my Christian 'immune system' (conscience) to rock music."

"What got me into this was my friend who accidentally left a tape behind. I picked it up and listened to it. I was immediately hooked and listened to it constantly. About two weeks later I started listening to 'rock and roll.'"

"Whenever I walk into my youth group, rock is being played. I feel Satan's control start to tighten."

"When we were together we listened to 'Christian' and 'soft rock' music. It was all sensuous and destroyed my inhibitions. I am so ashamed of what happened."

"On September 2, 1989, I went to a 'Christian rock' concert. While I was there, I danced, screamed, and sang in ways that were displeasing to God."

Don't let this happen to you. Please, throw away your Christian rock-and-roll cassette tapes IMMEDIATELY!

National Day of Prayer

It's the first Thursday in May, and you know what that means? National Day of Prayer! And who's this year's Honorary Chairman? Ollie North, naturally!

To say we are honored by Col. North's partnership with our ministry would be an understatement," NDP Vice Chairman Jim Weidmann said. "He is a man of integrity and faith who has conducted himself with tremendous personal strength and grace during some very difficult circumstances. With this year's theme and because of the Colonel's recent war coverage for FOX News, we couldn't be more pleased to have him as our Honorary Chairman.

Hallelujah!

Timex/Sinclair 1000 Emulator

Today's paper clips may have more computing power, but there's something endearing, in a Special Olympics sort of way about the Timex Sinclair.

10 PRINT "JEFF IS GREAT"
20 GOTO 10

Defamer

As Gawker to New York, and Wonkette to DC, so now is Defamer to El Lay.

Rock on.

Man of a Thousand Faces

What a hunk! 6'4", 22 years old, and soon to have a B.A. in Exercise Science! This "Jeff DeVries" is quite a catch, ladies! And he plays bass. And obsesses over role playing games. "Safety first," says this fine fellow.

How does he find the time, you might wonder, to be Corporate Controller at Heartland Pork, the Chief of Staff at Oakwood Pediatrics, and a prison guard at Fox Lake Correctional Institution? ("[M]any non-violent drug offenders are, in fact, nice guys - as nice as I am sure Jeff is.")

Congratulations on his recent engagement, though! Hope ya find out soon if there's a driver available for the DTC 6282-24 ESDI controller, buddy! But I'm sure that by now you've turned your attention to renovating Red Lodge, Montana's tallest structure (a wood crib grain elevator).

Just one request, mon frère - don't start blogging.