In 2012 I will be elected president of the universe. Trust me.

Oh, boy, Arnold. Juju, you in on this?

Looks like the work of Fake Steve, nu?

performing one's civic duty...

jonny pea's pal Lee S. writes 'bout his jury duty adventures
in Superior Court, Oak-town, Ca.

good on ye, Lee, better thee than we...

he say he makin' no promises...

and that is likely a good thing, as he ain't very good at keepin' 'em...
Mine doppelganger jehosaphat prayer appears to be resurrecting that odiferous, dust laden and cobwebbed old corpus of el chango tonto out here on the left coast, will wonders never cease. He make mention there of the work of a certain Clayton Call, Famous Rock and Roll Photographer (that few people have ever heard of...) and ju ju got to agree, katz und kitteez, check that site out...

where ju ju spent his saddidey...

amongst good friends and many fellow guitarists,
an afternoon of music, the pause that refresheth, yummy munchies,
lots of beer and wine, and more music, music, music...

be forewarned, there will be video w/Audio;
let the caterwauling ensue!

hiya to dante, stumpy, melliemel and alla da rest o'youse...

end of february and the last time we posted anything hereabouts, well, me don't wanna think about it, been a long time, datz fo sure...
so, first, via the marvel that remains wood s lot, George Lakoff on the Obama Code; wanted to share this powerful and compelling read provided via the Times Online, evidently one of the stories from a recent edition of Granta.

had the pleasure of hosting two amigos from Tejas who were visiting here earlier this month, the esteemed CJ and his partner in crime, G Mac (mine own appellations for the gents), in Berkeley for a specialty book fair held on the Cal Campus, the Codex exhibition, where many, many lovely printed works were available to view and purchase. The time we shared together passed much too quickly, but t'was good to renew our comradeship. Mention here another pal of mine who spent much of the last month hard at work on his FAWM project, and ye can hear some of the music he produced here; Yah Babee, way to go, Phillippe!

so, not gonna overdo it, will endeavor to make more regular contributions here, tho' before we close this one, just quick mention of a handful of chunky, chewy bits of linky goodness: via LA Times online, a recent article on one of my favorite places on the planet, Mono Lake; yourstruly has been long acquainted with the weblogs am about to mention here, always worth visiting, and in particular lovely to see that the fine mind behind the retired Riley Dog still providing us much stuff to enjoy, and we always happy to see what is new at Bifurcated Rivets and Ethel the Blog. Una cosa mas, we want to pass along some encouragement to co-worker Becca B. who's started something earlier this month...

ciao ciao, bambini...

The promised land

JP, Mellie Mel -
Lori and I made it today to the promised land, the Museum of Jurassic Technology. The reason for Cabinet. See Culver City and die. Hugs and kisses.
Sent via thingy.

greetings from the left coast pt II

local weekly East Bay Express provides 30 Years of East Bay History & was also where we espied mention of the
7th San Francisco International Documentary Festival
and co-inkydinky mention of Saffron Gourmet on Solano Ave;
the mainline fishwrap provides winter sustenance with timely piece on chili & fixins, a visit to Albany's Solano Ave (nearby chez Juju),
& suggestion for No. California getaway destination;
& Daily Online, Weekly in Print, we present to thee,
The Berkeley Daily Planet...

thank goodness esteban's been picking up the slack...

'cause myowndamnedself been leaving plenty of that to pick up, eh?
pssst, ese Stumpy-dude, juju picked up cool t-shirt for ya the other day, mebbe mail it off to thee this weekend...

miscellaneous linky goodness from hither and yon:
3 day competition for alternative fueled vehicles,
Escape from Berkeley;
via the slacktivist, She doesn't care... & that chunka linky goodness came our way via Akkam's Razor;
print up a lot of these and post them all over your neighborhood in time for Thursday's debate: NOPE;
last up here some linkage of a very local nature,
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass be happenin' this weekend,
and meet Country Joe at C.J.'s Coffee House...

and una cosa mas, becuz ye know we love providing ye chewy chunky linky goodness,
lots & lots lovely live music bits at LiveDaily Sessions

now, in the meantime, and we know it be difficult in these very tryin' times, y'all maintain an even strain...

hello... testing 1 2 3, can anybody hear me?

hiya!

leftcoaster jp here at the invite of the fine mind behind MNIDOAILY, El Stumperino Stupendo! Oy! and it very nice to see MellieMel here too, HI MEL!

okay, my contribution here and now will be brief, somewhat of an introduction, in a roundabout way, by defining (somewhat) location of leftcoaster jp physically and (in a way) metaphysically:

Berkeley, California: A City of Firsts