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Monday, 23 September 2013

Marie Marr: Up With Steve Kornacki- 'An Opening For Elizabeth Warren in 2016?'

Source:Marie Marr- Steve Kornacki and company, talking about U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (Democrat, Massachusetts) on MSNBC.
Source:FreeState MD 

"From Video.MSNBC.MSN.com. UP With Steve Kornacki. Oct 5, 2013. The New York Times' Jonathan Martin, The Washington Post's Jackie Kucinich and Buzzfeed's McKay Coppins join Steve Kornacki to discuss if Elizabeth Warren's current "moment" will translate into a 2016 presidential run." 

From Marie Marr

I buy that there is anger I guess or this feeling that we need something different (in the lets call it the Far-Left in the Democratic Party) so-called Progressive-Democrats ( to be nice, during the holiday season ) like Senator Elisabeth Warren who is not as Far-Left as much as her followers may want her to be. 

Senator Warren is a mainstream Progressive Democrat similar to Ted Kennedy or Sherrod Brown or Tom Harkin. She’s from the FDR/LBJ wing of the Democratic Party. Not the Michael Moore or MSNBC wing, which is very different.

Elizabeth Warren is not a McGovernite government needs to be big enough to manage people’s lives for them, because people are too stupid to do that for themselves. She’s not Dennis Kucinich or Ralph Nader but a center-left Progressive to the Left of me and I’m a Liberal, who wants government to do basic things: like regulating big business especially Wall Street, but not ending business and turning them into government agencies. And when Occupy Wall Street and others on the Far-Left figure this out, by sobering up, she’ll get less of their support.

Senator Warren is not an extremist and if that is what Social Democrats in the Democratic Party want a FDR or Ted Kennedy so-called Progressive, someone who is also pretty mainstream, then great someone like an Elisabeth Warren would go far and give someone like a Hillary Clinton who at best is a Progressive, but not a far-lefty and that may only be when she feel she needs to be. 

Hillary is like a political calculator: she calculates where she believes she needs to be at the time to be politically successful. Which is her main weakness and I believe something she’s going to have to get past, if she really wants to be President of the Untied States.

If Elizabeth Warren were to run as that Progressive that I’m talking about and Hillary runs as the human political calculator, my support would go to the current Senator. Because at least I would know where she is on the issues and be with her on enough things to say voting for her was a good thing. 

But if Liz were to run as a McGovernite “big central government always knows best for the people and people are too stupid to manage their own affairs” she’ll make Dennis Kucinich look like Ronald Reagan when it comes to presidential politics as far as political support. And bomb as badly as Rihanna at a Southern Baptist Convention.

Sunday, 22 September 2013

Warner Archive: Point Blank (1967) 'Walker Coming For You'


Source:Warner Archive- Lee Marvin as Walker, in Point Blank (1967)
Source:The Daily Journal

"They double-crossed Walker, took his $93,000 cut of the heist and left him for dead, but they didn't finish the job. Big mistake. He - someday, somehow - is going to finish them. Lee Marvin is in full antihero mode as remorseless Walker, talking the talk and walking the walk in John Boorman's (Deliverance) edgy neo-noir classic filled with imaginative New Wave style, blunt dialogue and Walker's relentless quest that, one by one, smashes into the corporate pecking order of a crime group called the Organization.

Directed By John Boorman
Starring Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn." 


For the life of me, I still don’t know what the woman in this scene was trying to say and what point she was making. Not sure Walker did either, but this is an important part of this movie, because Walker is back in town which is San Francisco. And he is back in town for a real reason, he wants the money that he stole that his partners took for him. 

The money that Walker (played by Lee Marvin) is obviously not his money because he stole it. But in a criminal’s mind, money you take is yours. Except when another criminal takes your money. And Walker first stops by his wife’s apartment and to see if one of the men he’s after one of his former partners is there. Because one of them was sleeping with his wife. And that is really what this scene is about trying to get one of the men that can get him the money that he stole.

Strange Days: Light My Fire (2011)


Source:Strange Days- performing Light My Fire, in 2011.

Source:The Daily Journal

“Los Angeles-based STRANGE DAYS performed “Light My Fire” THE DOORS classic on Saturday, June 25, 2011 at the Sherman Oaks Galleria. The performance was part of Galleria “LIVE!”, the free concert series hosted by the Sherman Oaks Galleria.”


If you are interested in just looking like The Lizard King Jim Morrison, let alone playing the man and trying to make a living playing the man in public, the lead vocalist from the Strange Days Band, is the guy you want model your act after. The Strange Days Morrison cover has The Lizard King look down, with white button-down shirt, as well as the white poet shirt that he wears, and of course the American-Indian, silver concho belt, and of course Jim Morrison's famous, sexy, skin-tight black leather jeans, that he wore almost everywhere in public, at least and not just in concert, but to weddings, party's, to church, even, from 1967-69, and his leather cowboy boots.

Source:Strange Days- in concert in 2011.
Imagine Jim Morrison instead of being the frontman of the The Doors from 1967-69, when The Doors were famous and popular, before The Lizard King was overwhelmed by his alcoholism and legal battles, he was performing during the last five years and today instead and imagine what he would look like. Instead of seeing him almost exclusively in black and white (unless you were at his show) you are seeing him exclusively in color. The guy who plays Jim Morrison for Strange Days, is probably the real Jim Morrison that you would see today, perhaps a little shorter. But the whole Lizard King, rock & roll, cowboy, wardrobe and attitude, that you see from this Morrison cover, is probably what you would see from the real Lizard King, assuming Morrison stuck with the leather jeans, cowboy boots, and concho belt. 

Source:Strange Days- in concert in 2011.
The lead vocalist has the look of the Lizard King down except for maybe longer hair. And I think his skin-tight leather jeans might actually be tighter than Jim Morrison’s. Which is saying something, because it is hard to imagine a man who wore tight leather jeans and leather jeans even more skin-tight than Jim Morrison. At least from Jim Morrison’s generation.

One of the reasons why Jim Morrison was The Lizard King, because of how he dressed and his skin-tight leathers looked on him. I think Strange Days is the best Doors cover band I’ve seen at least. And there are at least a couple of others that are pretty good. But the guy who plays Jim Morrison, has The Lizard King down. And not just outfit and physical look, but the voice and charisma and how he presents himself on stage. This guy is a hell of an actor and singer.

Saturday, 21 September 2013

Strange Days: Sherman Oaks Galleria (2011)

Source:Strange Days- Light my Fire, in 2011.

Source:The Daily Journal 

"Los Angeles-based STRANGE DAYS performed "Light My Fire" THE DOORS classic on Saturday, June 25, 2011 at the Sherman Oaks Galleria. The performance was part of Galleria "LIVE!", the free concert series hosted by the Sherman Oaks Galleria." 


For any guy whose interested in playing The Lizard King Jim Morrison and dressing up like him and perhaps even make a living at it, perhaps you love Jim Morrison and are looking at honoring him by dressing up as him for Halloween or going to a Halloween party dressed as him, the lead vocalist in the Strange Days band is the perfect guy you should model your look after. The white long sleeve shirt, the American-Indian concho belt, of course the skin-tight black leather jeans (you'll never get cold in those pants) and the leather cowboy boots. As well as the thick, long, black, hair.

Source:Strange Days- in concert in 2011.

The lead vocalist has the look of the Lizard King down except for maybe longer hair. And I think his skin-tight leather jeans might actually be tighter than Jim Morrison’s. Which is saying something, because it is hard to imagine a man who wore tight leather jeans and leather jeans even more skin-tight than Jim Morrison. At least from Jim Morrison’s generation.
One of the reasons why he was The Lizard King, because of how he dressed and his skin-leathers looked on him. I think Strange Days is the best Doors cover band I’ve seen at least. And there are at least a couple of others that are pretty good. But the guy who plays Jim Morrison, has The Lizard King down. And not just outfit and physical look, but the voice and charisma and how he presents himself on stage. This guy is a hell of an actor and singer. 

Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Wrangler Jeans: Laura Bell Bundy by Wrangler


Source:Style Frizz- Laura B. Bundy.
Source:The Daily Journal
“Designed to satisfy today’s cowgirl’s most important denim requirement — a great-looking booty — Booty Up™ by Wrangler® features unique patent-pending technology with darts, seams, stitching patterns and fabrics, all designed to visually lift the rear for the shape women desire most. With strong country roots and contemporary style, Laura Bell Bundy, is the new face of this uplifting jeans. 
For more on Booty Up by Wrangler jeans, Laura Bell Bundy and Wrangler Western, “like” us on Facebook at:Wrangler." 
Love seeing sexy women in Wrangler jeans and Laura Bell Bundy certainly qualifies as a sexy woman. Even if she farts in her Wranglers and farts in public, because I doubt she’s the only woman who does. And I’m sure some of those women are even straight as well. 
Wrangler jeans denim or leather are for sexy women. They tend to be popular with country girls, western girls and cowgirls, but sexy women of all lifestyles and cultural backgrounds would look good in Wranglers. Because they are made for women with curves, to show off curvy women. They are not meant for stick-figure wannabe models who feel the need to only eat brown rice and rice cakes and drink water before they vomit all of that up. Because they feel that is how you become a successful model in America.

Saturday, 14 September 2013

Bad Mood Guy: Point Blank (1967) Nightclub Scene

Source:Bad Mood Guy- Lee Marvin & someone else.
Source:The Daily Journal

“There are two kinds of people in his up-tight world: his victims and his women. And sometimes you can’t tell them apart.” Lee Marvin in a double cross and revenge film by John Boorman.”

From Bad Mood Guy 

Except for the guy screaming in the background, even though I actually liked the sound of the music, this was a great scene in a great movie that had a lot of great scenes in, that being Point Blank.

Walker (played by Lee Marvin) shows up to this nightclub because he wants to know where his sister-in-law is. Not because he loves her or even likes her, but because she goes with a guy who owes Walker money. And Walker wants his money back.

Walker’s former crew knows that Walker is back in town and wants his money back and that he might show up at this club. And they send two of their henchman to the club waiting for Walker to at the very least beat the hell out of Walker. But come up way short as Walker takes on both them and kicks their ass instead.

Friday, 13 September 2013

The Late Show With David Letterman: Lee Marvin in 1985

Source:CBS- The great actor Lee Marvin. 
Source:The Daily Journal 

“Viewer Mail is preceded by “A Time for Reflection,” which includes video later incorporated into the Late Night Anthem that aired a few weeks later on June 12. Featuring Lee Marvin, taped during his guest appearance the previous week, May 16, and the reason Paul gets applause during Dave’s Opening Remarks.

Paul’s lookalike is Olympics gymnastics competitor and coach Jim Surgent.” 


Lee Marvin playing funny man to David’s trying to be straight man and conduct an actual interview. I wonder what it is like to interview someone who doesn’t want to talk about them self? Dave mentions to Lee that Lee is now in Arizona, but where in Arizona and Lee essentially says big state and parts unknown. Perhaps Lee is an undercover CIA agent in Mesa or some place. Wait, are there any other type of CIA agents?

Interviewing someone who doesn’t want to talk about them self, must be like trying to interview a wall and wondering why the wall is not responding to your questions. Perhaps a drunk person doing that because they think the wall is an elephant or something.

But Lee Marvin was a helluva smartass, as well as an actor as he showed in this interview.