Big Sweater _ (new Dec2015 poem)

Burdened flannel
She kinda sown
More than enough
It became a big sweater
An Eddie Vedder
1990's indefinite style
Walking a cow-punk's mile
Bringing in a new day
Singing about a good year
Drinking down 10 cold beers
Strumming your guitar
Knowing you're a star
The "X" generation
Negating hate & racism
Evidence of life on Mars
Burdened flannels
Nanu - Nanu
Big sweater
Big sweater
An Eddie Vedder
Big sweater
Burdened flannels
Nanu - Nanu
It'll soon be
30 years ago
So remember:
To really get-off
You don't
Have to
Cut a
Head-off.
It'll soon be
128 years ago
Robespierre
Was forgotten
As a despot
Lessons to be
Always learned
Soon to be
30 years ago -----{{{@
Written 12/26/15 a.m.
Copyright December 2015
By John Alan Conte Jr.
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"Christmas in my Heart" - by Video Feed _the band -----{{{@ john alan conte jr &

Wonder how many recording studios get requests to take on a client who wants to record a number that covers a birthday in December & Christmas gifts + make her cry happy tears (as a benchmark for success)??? Thank you @mikesperanzo + @liz_berlin & Erik Cirelli @mrsmallstheatre recording studios for helping out an old-school friend  -----{{{@ 

"Christmas in my Heart" - by Video Feed _ the band -----{{{@ john alan conte jr. & theneweverydaymedia.com productions = studio recorded @mrsmallstheatre (watch here): https://vimeo.com/148175949

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"Christmas in my Heart" - by Video Feed _ the band -----{{{@ john alan conte jr. & theneweverydaymedia.com productions = studio recorded @mrsmallstheatre (watch here): https://vimeo.com/148175949

"Christmas in my Heart" - Video Feed (with lyrics included below):

Liz Berlin - vocals

Erik Cirelli - guitar

John Conte - lyrics, vocals

Mike Speranzo - beat programming & percussion, bass guitar, piano, producer, engineer

Recorded at Mr. Small's Theatre - Recordings (church2studio) Millvale campus Pittsburgh, Pa.

Copyright December 2015

By John Alan Conte Jr.

mystrawhat.com 

& TheNewEverydayMedia.com Productions

+ Video Feed _ the band

"Christmas in my Heart"

Chorus:

Merry, merry Christmas

It's a Christmas in my heart

Verse 1: 

With your English roots

And your business suits 

Sure luv you in your SUNDANCE boots

Chorus:

Merry, merry Christmas

It's a Christmas in my heart

Verse 2:

At a New Hope Inn

Cross the Savannah in a boat

Telling me not to forget a coat

Verse 3:

On a cliff in Bodega Bay

Telling me you're on your way

Home is where I love to say

Chorus:

Merry, merry Christmas

It's a Christmas in my heart

-----{{{@

Copyright December 2015

By John Alan Conte Jr.

mystrawhat.com 

& TheNewEverydayMedia.com Productions

+ Video Feed _ the band

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photography & videography

by John Alan Conte Jr.

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& TheNewEverydayMedia.com Productions

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Good wishes,

John

"Christmas in my Heart" - by Video Feed _the band -----{{{@ john alan conte jr & theneweverydaymedia.com

(Watch here): https://vimeo.com/148175949 

 

 

 

 

 

Good wishes,

John

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Unforgettable Time_ new 2015 poem

Walking the ley lines 

An iconic figure burns itself 

into consciousness of a century

Slipping into the space of dusk

The days of rewind & future musts

Composing poems like Moon beams

Penetrating darkness to set us free

Reward is assurance we won't bore

Video Feed the Band is user friendly

Application not fabricated folk lure

Elaborated sure nothing shocking 

As I alluded to before it's in the allure

- written by John Alan Conte Jr 

autumn 2015 for e-book Whispering Angel 2016 on mystrawhat.com

& TheNewEverydayMedia.com ... 

Coming soon 

Good wishes,

John

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Rebooting Ley Lines _ new 2015 poem

Monitoring ley lines along the River 

Exactly where to the city you placed your heart

Found myself thrusted at this vortex

Protecting when, where & why to start 

Gritty & yet still pretty 

An urban landscape

Disrupted. Reported

With flashes of eyes

Cars roll on bye

Typing from within

An everyday new media

Instantly shared connecting

Toll by toll HWYS & souls

-  written by John Alan Conte Jr 

autumn 2015 for e-book Whispering Angel 2016 on mystrawhat.com

& TheNewEverydayMedia.com 

... Coming soon

Good wishes,

John

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Charleston Place _ new poem composed Nov 5th 2015

Walked out and there she was

Morning's breeze like a dove 

On Meeting & King Street too

Elegantly translating talk, "coo-coo"

Soft gentle morn mist coating it all

Historic buildings & palms so tall

Whispering oaks with draping moss

Savoring everything - nothing lost

On me with sweet southern charm 

It felt like always there arm & arm

Good Wishes,

John Alan Conte Jr.

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TheNewEveryDayMedia.com

Charleston Place _ new poem composed Nov 5th 2015  a.m.

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Written for Whispering Angel 2016 e-book coming soon ... ... ... ...

Good wishes,

John

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University Job _ new poem Oct 2015

University Job

Got a job at the university

Testing answers not yet seen

We need empirical evidence to 

Conclude my theory is correct

Sometimes I feel like the rat lab 

Hardly getting out of the cage &

When I do they keep injecting me

Caught up for tenure in this race

Unknown answers will cure cancer

As we work away to "Tiny Dancer"

We use Petri dishes for cymbals

Music inspires my university job

Maybe I'll change your world

And you'll remember me in mine

I hope to discover it in my lifetime 

Riveting science made by design 

For all of you walking sidewalks

I see you. I feel you. I love you.

And I'm geeked like a dog in heat

Pursuing knowledge like it's tail

I live in a hotel room & if I fail

I'm gonna have a mighty big bill

And when I win I'll buy a house

Rescuing my favorite lab mouse

Written by John Conte October 29th - October 30th 2015 on the road passing thru West Virginia University to the Jefferson Hotel / Virginia Commonwealth University  

 University Job _ new poem Oct 2015 

Written for Whispering Angel 2016 e-book coming soon ... ... ... ...

Good Wishes,

John Alan Conte Jr.

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&

TheNewEveryDayMedia.com

Good wishes,

John

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Is 2015's biggest music event yet to come?! ...

"He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor
He said I never engaged in this kind of thing before
But yes I think it can be very easily done....
We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun and have it on Highway 61...Highway 61" - Bob Dylan

Dean Ween (Mickey Melchiondo) of the glorious Ween and now out touring with Dean Ween Group who started off its tour in Pittsburgh at Mr. Small's Theatre back in July 2015 wrote via a new eday media outlet that there was a magic on the air now that he has felt before ...

I agree 2015 has been pretty neat, pretty cool, indeed.

my Grateful Dead interview w/ #TheEndlessTourProject 2014 didn't predict @JohnMayer w/ #GratefulDead 2015 yet here's Mayer doin' it w/ #DeadAndCompany So, what is The Legacy of the Grateful Dead? http://theneweverydaymedia.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-legacy-of-grateful-dead.html

So is 2015's biggest music event yet to come?! One really for the books"?! ...

Here's something big i dreamed-up:

John Mayer DeadAndCompany out on tour fall / winter 2015 have Taylor Swift join them on stage live for "Going Down The Road Feeling Bad" and it is as smoking & fresh as when Edie Breckel sat in with the Grateful Dead live on tour of '93!
Then *RYan Adams comes on stage and they all do " Playing in the Band"

*RYan played Jerry Garcia's custom Wolf guitar with Phil Lesh & Friend in Colorado and also has a history with Swift & recently recorded her explosively produced 1989 in his fashion song for song & it sounds rather good + I'm confident RYan would pay homage yet contribute his own voicing to compliment the scene in the scenes I've dreamt about here = an amazing concert & moment for the books, for sure

2015's biggest music event yet to come "for the books"?! ...

By John Alan Conte Jr.
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&
TheNewEveryDayMedia.com

15th book of poetry from me to you coming soon in 2016 titled "Whispering Angel" as an e-book for
mystrawhat.com
&
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Savannah _ new Oct2015 poem for 2016 WhisperingAngel e-book

Spanish moss hanging down

Wet stoned streets where real

Pirates used to meet & tumble

Inside riverfront taverns lit up

Listening to music in Double E

Now his 2016 message sings

"I just wanna be your lover, 

Babe, I don't wanna be your boss"

And the tavern scene carrying him

Across the River where he rides off

Towards the ocean the direction

Almost navigating itself he's there

Atlantic sands crashing on shoreline

Churning years of darkness & light 

Top to bottom and side to side

Keeping his head within rhythm 

Tide calling him out in moonlight

Where's your lover tonight, gone?

Written Tuesday October 6 2015

By John Alan Conte Jr.

mystrawhat.com

&

TheNewEveryDayMedia.com

Good wishes,

John

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Santa Monica Girl _ new Sept 2015 poem for 2016 Whispering Angel poetry book @ mystrawhat.com & TheNewEveryDayMedia.com

Santa Monica Girl _ new Sept 2015 poem for 2016 Whispering Angel poetry book @ mystrawhat.com & TheNewEveryDayMedia.com

Now I know I'm an average guy
And she's a hot pie-in-the-sky
On an average salary with chivalry
I'm gonna make her more than merry
With big blue eyes & lips cherry red
She'll steal your face off your head
Yeah that girl living in Santa Monica
Strutting down the Boulevard to132
Meeting her at Ye Old King's Head
For a beer but not having any food
Hope you're in the mood for a ride
We're taking a handful of HWY
Been waiting all week for the beach
Not in Santa Monica it's at Topanga
Sure my six-pak may be a little weak
It looks ok laughing with sandy feet
Feel'n hippie chic at Topanga beach
Making her laugh without making fun
Of anyone else. Don't need that debt
We walk along the beach town - let
Me say it as I said before - I
Know I'm just your average kinda guy
And she's a hot pie-in-the-sky
On an average salary with chivalry
I'm gonna make her more than merry
With big blue eyes & lips cherry red
She'll steal your face off your head
Strutting down the Boulevard to 132
Now back at the Ye Old King's Head
Back to where today we got a start
Money won't buy a key to her heart
She's already got a life out of gold
Say goodbye Santa Monica Blvd.
I'm headed back to Topanga Canyon

Written Sunday September 2015
By John Alan Conte Jr.
mystrawhat.com
&
TheNewEveryDayMedia.com

(Chris Robinson Brotherhood is in town tonite at Mr. Small's Theater)

Santa Monica Girl _ new Sept 2015 poem for 2016 Whispering Angel poetry book @ mystrawhat.com & TheNewEveryDayMedia.com

Good wishes,
John

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"Mind Curator" _new poem for upcoming 2016 Whispering Angel poetry-book on mystrawhat.com & TheNewEverydayMedia.com

photo credit: me Sat 9-19-15 Local, S. Side Pittsburgh, Pa.
(photo art - view of the sun filled street from the bar)


Mind Curator

Dreams flash on by
Counting how many times
I had to say good nite
When you know I didn't want to too

It's all right we don't fake it
It was never a fight to make it
You can break my heart, Karma
Is gonna wipe my chalk slate clean
You can break my heart, break my
Mind you won't get to have, no, not
When you lay back deep at peace
Now see me curating your dreams

Counting how many times
I had to say good nite
Yet I didn't want to

When you lay back deep at peace
Now see me curating your dreams
Even your new man says you forgot
I'm the mind curator of love's art
You can break my heart, Karma
Is gonna wipe my chalk slate clean
You can break my heart, break my
Mind you won't get to have, no, not

Now see me curating your dreams
Even your new man says you forgot
I'm the mind curator of love's art

Written today Saturday September 2015 by John Alan Conte Jr
"Mind Curator" _new poem for my upcoming 2016 Whispering Angel poetry-book on mystrawhat.com & TheNewEverydayMedia.com w/ #TopHottestAngelsListOfNewMediaToBeCelebrated

The 2x Waylon Krieger & I + Roby Krieger of the Doors

That time Waylon Krieger was playing a show in Pittsburgh at Rosebud with his father Robby Krieger of the Doors with Jim Morrison and my wife asked me after the show who I wanted to talk with as Waylon & I had an incredibly cool introduction in serendipitous fashion at Live Wire Recordings in Fla (where upon doing a couple numbers taking lead vocal with Post Face meeting Waylon & a crew when we opened the doors from our studio recording suite I later jumped in the Atlantic Ocean with all my clothes on from up the eastern seaboard in Pittsburgh and Waylon's phone number he wrote on paper washed away that was proudly in my Levi's & I assured him whatever we did musically had to make money because my father would dis-own me) and yet there was Robby Krieger of the Doors who I also had an incredible encounter with (that I also blew like a clown at the last minute) previously but after meeting Roby's son Waylon ... Both encounters granting me an affirmation, confirmation, verification, situation I thought I needed (& maybe that's true) and so my wife approaches Waylon with my story & we end up back of the club where Waylon is with my wife's cousin Lori.
Too true to be false and kinda funny #familymatters

John conte jr
Mystrawhat.com
&
TheNewEveryDayMedia.com

Good wishes,
John

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"Generation Zero" _ new Sept 2015 poem for upcoming 2016 Whispering Angel poetry book on mystrawhat.com & TheNewEverydayMedia.com

All this buzz about a generation

we all heard it told before

In thirty years from now

we'll hear it all some more

Every revolution

Has a simple solution:

confusion; delusion;

and a gun

Nah, nah, nah, nah,

nah, han, nah, nah,

nah, nah

That's why it's fully never won

There's no peace

There's no peace

There's no peace

In the streets

So where's your leaders

when it comes to

playing Plato or 

the King of Arabia?

can they really get it done

And give us some ...

When we need love.

and peace in the streets

Every revolution

Has a simple solution:

confusion; delusion;

and a gun

Nah, nah, nah, nah,

nah, han, nah, nah,

nah, nah

That's why it's fully never won

There's no peace

There's no peace

There's no peace

In the streets

written this morning by john pan conte jr.

"Generation Zero" _ new Sept 2015 poem for upcoming 2016 Whispering Angel poetry book on mystrawhat.com & TheNewEverydayMedia.com

"Welcome Class of 2019" _ new poem for new Whispering Angel e-book

"Welcome Class of 2019" _ another new poem for new Whispering Angel e-book 

"Welcome Class of 2019"

In the black of the night

Under a soft table light

On an official letter - 

Couldn't be any better than

"Welcome Class of 2019"

It's pre dawn - radio's on

Someone's up & in a cup

Collecting late teen dreams

Analyzing who's the wiser

Take it; break it to succeed 

"Welcome Class of 2019"

A red-eye flies overhead

Carrying who you'll become

Butterflies late August 2015 

Wake up & reach your dream

The best thing about yesterday

Is that you lose yesterday today

Moving on down along the way

What you do & say you become

8/20/15 today & 2019 tomorrow 

"Welcome Class of 2019"

By John Conte

Written Pre Dawn 8/20/15

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Good wishes,

John

Love Theater _ a new summer poem

Love Theater

And in an instance
Of post dawn
When
Summer's almost gone
He could
Feel the morning dew on
Valley hillsides shimmering
With a golden sun hue
Cool and crisp
He liked the growth
Two thirds of the season
In calm calculus of reason
Results relieving his stance

Written August 14th 2015
By John Conte
mystrawhat.com
&
TheNewEveryDayMedia.com

"I Didn't Choke" WATCH new "live" words & music by me today 8/4/15

Savannah, GA Autumn2014 #CitySelfie

These lyrics with a certain melody came into my head at dusk 8/4/15 so I wrote down the lyrics and here's live video of music for the song (I really don't feel worthy compared to studio pros but) live acoustic 6 string from my back porch capturing live music in the process of creation most don't share this early on (but I had a haunch it was evident ;)

Words: for "I didn't choke" ...

Cause every time
I feel stupid
I think of you
How you were with me
We know I guess
We know why ...
Come on
Sit beside me
Tell me
All those woes.
This bar won't close
Until we're through

Even if I could be
Whoa that paranoid
I didn't choke, didn't
Riding you til' I broke
Such a spent Valentine
Ah, when I awoke
A tale to become folk;
La La La, I rose awoke
La la la la la la - la la la

Watch: Music for "I didn't choke"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=em-upload_owner&v=iPwIdm43YHY

Watch: Written words & music
8/4/15 Dusk
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=em-upload_owner&v=iPwIdm43YHY 

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John conte
Published on Aug 4, 2015

Fat Little Mosquito _ new poem summer 2015

Gonna buzz your head
And go right ahead
Like a fat little mosquito
Oh I know who you are
I targeted you by afar
Cause of the sweet blood
Be afraid. I'll tap you dry
Unlike a fly I give malaria
If you don't believe in me
Take a cruise on the Nile
Feel what's real hysteria
Up in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Duluth and over in St. Paul
Got maneuvers for you all
And too bad it's you I like
So don't try and smack me
Karma has you back as me
Like a vampire blood sucker

Written morning July 31st
John Conte
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&
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morning july 31st backporch sky

Good wishes,
John

Watch: John Conte “live” poetry reading @ Rex Theater for Roky Erickson Benefit Concert / Birthday Party July 2002 Pittsburgh, pa.

                                                    me off the redeye from L.A. 07

(last “live” reading Conte has done since launching mystrawhat.com in 2002)

Video on Vimeo 1: 
WATCH John Alan Conte Jr "live" poetry reading - "What You Do" video at The Rex Theater for the Roky Erickson Benefit / Roky's Birthday Party - July 2002 S. Side, Pittsburgh, Pa. HERE at  https://vimeo.com/133904962


Video on Vimeo 2:
WATCH John Alan Conte Jr "live" poetry reading "And Into Rock & Roll" - video at The Rex Theater SouthSide #Pittsburgh - July 2002 HERE at https://vimeo.com/133908908 (+ Sumner Erickson, Gregory Park, PhatManDee, Bob Ziller)

Roky Erickson & the 13th Floor Elevators are the first rock and roll band to describe their music as “psychedelic"
His 1969 arrest in Texas for possession of a single marijuana cigarette led to his being committed for three years to Rusk State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, where he was reportedly subjected to Thorazine, electroshock therapy, and other experimental treatments. 
His youngest brother, singer/songwriter and former Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Principal Tubaist Sumner Erickson, was appointed Roky's legal guardian in June, 2001. Sumner has established The Roger Kynard Erickson Trust to address Roky's living expenses, medical bills, and other financial needs. From June, 2001 until July, 2002, Roky lived with his brother in Pittsburgh, where he finally began to receive the treatment and care he needs. Roky is now back in Austin, where his health continues to improve dramatically. In March, 2005, Roky made his first public performance in 10 years performing 3 songs at the Roky Erickson Psychedelic Ice Cream Social at Threadgills in Austin. 
(read more about Roky here and someone from ABC asking me questions about my poetry) http://mystrawhat.com/2008e/firstrock.htm

Good wishes,
John

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                                                 selfie in Duquesne Club restroom 2013

How the Hippies Still Own Music World 2015: Hippie-Music Vs. Hip-Hop Has President Obama Weighing-in Quoting Jerry Garcia

on the biggest weekend celebration of every year, seeing the sea of good spirit at Solider Field with the Chicago skyline sparkling in full on dusk of July and hearing how cosmically poignant "the core four" Grateful Dead were in welcoming Trey Anastasio who was comfortable in conversing in his own phrasing yet w/ a ying-&-yang natural flow channeling Jerry Garcia gave me chills... Moreover, the young vibrant smoking hot women the camera kept finding never seemed to stop dancing & smiling proving the Grateful Dead are still efficient in turning people on & influencing others in 2015 = and the brand is strong & the product sounds better & as fresh as any hip-hop or rap out today.

the difference in quality product value of music between a band like the Grateful Dead and that of a Kanye West is that in Pythagorean fashion the Grateful Dead play as one organism creating a pattern of notes and chords that elevates, elates & enlightens levels of self awareness & cosmic consciousness with an intent & method meant to heal the soul like medicine is applied to the body whereas the impetousness of machoism is the fabric & foundation of Kanye Wests music celebrating death, violence & dominance over other "lesser" people & peers with a banging thud, thud, thud … thud, thud thud … thud, thud, thud … the bass is always low end bottom feeder brand flashing a gangster ghetto pride that you may not make it out alive unlike the African, South American & Middle Eastern rhythmic drumming of professorial like roles of the dual drummers of the Grateful Dead.

Bobby & Phil seem to be enjoying being able to deliver these "aces back to back" … 

Good wishes, john mystrawhat.com &TheNewEverydayMedia.com 

(great write-ups & video of "Ripple" from 1st nite of 3 show run at Soldier Field Chicago July 4th weekend 2015)

Fare Thee Well Opens Final Run in Style http://www.jambands.com/news/2015/07/04/fare-thee-well-opens-final-run-in-style/

The mood was rowdy and energetic but peaceful and relatively calm as the masses rushed in to both celebrate one more time and bid farewell. http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grateful-dead/6620064/fare-thee-well-chicago-night-one-review

What's the Legacy of the Grateful Dead ???

What billboard topping Hip Hop artist could sell out 2 Santa Clara Levi's stadium shows one week and then 3 Chi Soldier stadium shows with each show being different + global movie theater screenings + pay per view + youtube + MLB + Sirius ???

http://theneweverydaymedia.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-legacy-of-grateful-dead.html

Good wishes, john

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     &

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July 2015 _ new poem 2015

everybody looks forward to July and before we know it it flies by in a blur with lightening bugs in mason jars, fenced in yards, 16 year olds learning to park cars & American flags, fireworks & my birthday cake or mixed berry pie (heavy on the blackberries please, for me). It's only among the wet trees, earth & moss covered rocks deep inside a forest or French & Indian War era city situated as a true frontier land gateway of the west sometimes best seen for what it is when you keep getting welcomed by strangers with Angel arms and eyes alike to the nights walking, sitting, drinking under those big California stars July seems like a dream to me but I guess that's what a good birthday month is for with an omnipresent script full of spirit animals & guides looking after you for unpredictable protection and success as if in a one & only dream written at Noon June 28, 2015 by John Alan Conte Jr.

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john

Whispering Angel _ new poem 2015 _ dedicated to Taylor Swift

                                                  sunset gate chateau marmont: john alan conte jr.

John Alan Conte` Jr. ‏@NewEdayMedia  1h1 hour ago

new poem in June 2015 = "Whispering Angel" dedicated to @taylorswift13 http://theneweverydaymedia.blogspot.com/2015/06/whispering-angel-new-poem-2015.html?m=1 … for current #poetry book working on #writing

                                                                   

Painted pictures always go
With a beam of sunlight & a rose
morning's covered in summer gray
Are you gonna stay another day

If you leave don't forget your strings
Some times it's easy to leave things
Bleeding fingers press on the board
Not a fret without blood but now free

It's all right when you're lonely & bored
As long as your mind's not at all like
An unkept attic w/fire hazards stored
Don't need to burn down to build up

We got this song some say luck
We like to sing it if you pay a buck
Maybe it's luck but we don't give a
Song away from the Whispering Angel unless we want it to sing

Written 7:45a
June 25, 2015
Good wishes, john
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&
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                                          SunsetGate Chateau Marmont: John Alan Conte Jr.

Making Serendipity Happen in Hollywood: how to get what you need true story

True Story:
Books can help provide keys to unlock doors of infinite & sometimes serendipitous possibilities.
Jim Sheridan the famous director of Hollywood blockbusters such as In The Name of the Father and The Boxer commented on the hard-covered book I was reading poised poolside in West Hollywood, California at Hollywood's industry hot-spot Chateau Marmont. Interestingly enough that provided me with the opportunity to place Jim Sheridan, his wife & daughter on the guest list of Pittsburgh's own Rusted Root on summer tour with a show at House of Blues Sunset Strip the next night. Turns out as happenstance would have it Bill Siddons who managed The Doors was managing Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root's solo career and he was like"how did you get Michael's favorite Hollywood director here tonight?" ...Which started a whole other conversation as the book Jim Sheridan commented on I was reading at Chateau Marmont was The Living Theatre: art, exile & outrage ... Jim Morrison of the Doors was a big fan ...
Hey, and I got this cool poem from this experience for my 2009 e-book The New Everyday Media called "Jim Sheridan Took My Shirt"
http://www.mystrawhat.com/jimtook.htm

Good wishes, john
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&
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"Mario Lemieux is My Best Friend" reality TV pitch

This morning on WDVE Pittsburgh producers were on the air with the everyday morning crew announcing that they are looking for Pittsburgh people who are characters to do the next big thing in reality TV.
They want Pittsburgh people everywhere to pitch them an idea.

So in 5minutes with time to sip my La Prima coffee I wrote this pitch and emailed in it to DVE (although I don't want my own reality tv show nor do I want to be on a reality tv show so this is not written for me):


This character has just enough access to a circle outside the inner circle of Mario Lemieux & family that the viewer does get a good glimpse at Mario & his family

However it's kinda a little mysterious as to why the deal is never really closed whereas Mario or his family's really never direct exclusively is seen interacting with character "Mario's my best friend" ... But the confidence of the character & the authority in which it's filmed within the handlers, hanger-ons, assistants, chefs, drivers, lesser players, country clubs, hockey rings, wine stores, paddle tennis tournaments, etc. the viewer is so enamored with this access they are already hooked on the voyeurism that the credibility of the character doesn't actually get questioned.

Turmoil drama sometimes seems to rock it though every once in a while when the inner circle of Mario & sometimes Mario himself looks out from within like "what the hell are you crazy person & support friends of hers (or I mean his) doing?!" ... And some of the verbals from the Mario camp caught on camera towards character sometimes seems to may even sink in yet the character always finds excuses for herself and lies her way out of it (that they are really just stalking & spying and all sorts of crazy) ... Character is always able to convince herself she's in the inner circle and in return always able to manipulate support characters, Thus, the viewers continue to be manipulated and hang on to too

(Kinda like a Bowfinger starring Eddie Murphy)


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What's the fake media story? 1 out of 5 current newsworthy reports posted is a fake! Which one is it? ... #winners #losers #character #newmedia #excercise

What's the fake story?

Many parents have been asking “what to do with the kids now that’s school out that’s productive & fun?” …

Here is an informative and fun exercise that will have your little ones learning about current events and utilizing crucial research skills to fact check a media stories to determine what’s the false report.

What resources will this require? A connected computer device with a search engine to search internet’s new media sources.

One of these five stories is an exaggerated speculation and not verified as a true story. 

Which one is it?

(Losers must refrain from spreading false & exaggerated information about, for example, neighbors and slandering a neighbor’s reputation and character before they desperately try and pass it off as true and pull people into the gossip – Thus learning a great life lesson and gaining self respect and know-how to respect others, for example, neighbors).

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1. Right wing uber conservative Ann Coulter is a Grateful Dead head and says she's been to apprx 67 shows

2. NBA king Lebron James flashed his junk on live TV and it's totally cool and proving once again hippies are a targeted minority group as Jim Morrison of the world famous Doors was busted for allegedly showing his junk in concert in Miami, Fl.

3. MSNBC’s Melissa Harris Perry (#BIGnewEdayMedia list) interviewed a woman MHP is calling "transracial" as she is a white woman who identifies herself as a black woman

4. The US Olympian from the 70's cereal boxes who ended up on the kardashian show was a man who now identifies as a woman named Caitlyn

5. Pop-blues musician John Mayer and the iconic Grateful Dead will be going on tour with John Mayer replacing Jerry Garcia summer/fall 2015

+  extra credit reading

"Not Alone for Tomorrow" by me @ http://theneweverydaymedia.blogspot.com/2015/06/newpoem-today-not-alone-for-tomorrow.html?m=1
#poem #poetry #writing #New #mentorship #millennials #Mediabuzz 

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