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Anna David: Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover

This picture of Anna David was added to one of the FNC Red Eye Acitivity Pit groups overnight ... Reminding me of 1). how cool & hot Anna David is and is in person and 2). a nice little lessons learned anecdote she shared w/ me while interviewing her ... The story goes during the publication and publicity tours for her book Party Girl at a swanky Miami club in SouthBeach all kinds of people were offering her drinks and were like "Party Girl, we love you - lets party" = which turned out to be a bit of a bummer because OBVIOUSLY they did not read her book and furthermore did not do any homework on her and just like a cliche "judged a book by its cover" ... Which real quick because I gotta go!... reminds me of when I was an idealistic teen and some very conservative suit (which I kinda dressed like myself) saw a guy on a motorcycle and was like "look at that biker - how disguisting - the long hair, beard and ripped jeans" ... and I was like "how do you know? He could be a great guy. Why judge a book by its cover. Look at Jesus." ...

Best of the Roses, John

a Serious Question for CNN

--- On Sat, 6/12/10, John French wrote: From: John French ; Subject: a Serious Question for CNN To: cnnnewsroom@cnn.com, weekends@cnn.com, 360@cnn.com, larryking@cnn.com, headlinenews@cnn.com Cc: readers@forbes.com, scoop@huffingtonpost.com, newsbreaks@newyorker.com, "Voicers NY Daily News" <voicers@edit.nydailynews.com>, letters@latimes.com, letters@nypost.com, letters@nytimes.com, letters@reason.com, letters@rollingstone.com, editor@esquire.com, redeye@foxnews.com, comments@foxnews.com Date: Saturday, June 12, 2010, 10:31 AM While I was listening to Wake of the Flood and its Here Come Sunshine driving home from Starbucks w/ the NY Times for a Saturday the 12th day of June 2010 and it hit me that the sun is out in Arkansas where that *Big River "cried cried cried" --- And even in the wake of the flood for Katrina there was that "Here Comes Sunshine" feeling from "Wake of the Flood" ... However, this "new gulf war" ... This is far worse than Katrina ..This is far worse ... This spewing of oil like hatred based by the sword and man-made interpretations to kill infidels ... Oil. "Don't shit where you eat, my friends" -(as I was saying like pretty much as soon I was allowed to receive info about this devestating blow that killed 11 men)- as just an everyday grateful and thankful citizen of a FREE U.S.A. --- I knew it was an economical, ecological and ethical catastrophe more than disaster. (Nevertheless I didn't imagine such a "controlled" response making things a trillion times worse) ... But everyday I saw that adding and, well, you know some people can just "sense" things ... I guess "predictions" are more for mathematicians ... Wake of a flood from Mother Earth ... Yeah, here come sunshine ... Creation and destruction womb like life and death rebirth ... Wake of a Mother Nature flood gives back a thousand fold what it takes if you're awake enough to realize ... An oil "man made" flood = disaster. It takes. It doesn't give. And oil industry won't give enough and will have the will to figure out what more it can take from us - consumers - tax payers. So why not create something new for people of the gulf who deserve it --- those 30 thousand oil rigs in the gulf can easily be converted into platforms for wind energy ... Gee, that will also create new jobs (a ton) and new money into our economy and the world economy --- negating big oil and its relentless creation of a giant relentless culture dependent upon the delusional need for oil. I was lucky enough to be part of the soaring nineties and not only its refreshing cultural revolution but also an amazingly refreshing economic boom ... The Internet model. Providing platforms to deliver information and goods and services and content to people around the world from your basement. An unbelievable sensation ... A whole new industry and world and limitless opportunity and break from the old dinosaur ways of big business --- "Big Blue" --- big blue chips. And like a cranky old man dictator(s) all of a sudden the Internet model wasn't a real model and all of the hundreds of millions of dollars being exchanged over ideas and contracts written on napkins was once again redirected to more "concrete" business models like "Housing" and "Banking" and lending and that whole cycle --- like a delusional addiction to oil. So CNN, why do you think the Internet bubble busted? Best of the Roses, John French http://www.mystrawhat.com/ & http://theneweverydaymedia.blogspot.com/

* Big River

T.V. 5/28/10 - KTNV_Rusted Root live in Las Vegas studio - Interview & Send Me On My Way

Another Man's Done Gone

Wilco - Another Man's Done Gone Clip from "Man In The Sand Billy Bragg & Wilco" Song from "Mermaid Avenue" (Lyrics by Woody Guthrie)
Best of the Roses, John French mystrawhat.com & theneweverydaymedia

Review: Rolling Stones / Exile on Main Street (Deluxe Edition) | KCFreePress.com

Rolling Stones: Pittsburgh, Pa 1972 (Exile)




http://www.kcfreepress.com/news/2010/may/25/review-rolling-stones-exile-on-main-street/

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Old Man Crow

--- On Wed, 4/21/10, mosshead7. <mosshead7@> wrote: From: mosshead7@ <mosshead7> Subject: Old Man Crow To: alisonmrosen@gmail.com Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 8:37 AM Old man Crow was the nastiest man when it came to throwing money down Old man Crow was the happiest man when it came to other men buying rounds Up above the river in those fruitful fertile hills he worked the earth at the Penna Clay Co Baking those bricks for cities needing built up - those roads to homes built for show Oh, Old Man Crow w/ the muddy oil in his veins and eyes of coal many women tried to mine died rockin' on the front porch of his cabin many said he lived mighty fine Old Man Crow - feel him in your soul when you're hiking those back woods where the water falls and life begins Best of Crow's Run Roses written TODAY mystrawhat.com & theneweverydaymedia

Everybody wants to know

--- On Tue, 4/20/10, mosshead7@; wrote: From: mosshead7; Subject: Everybody wants to know To: alisonmrosen@gmail.com Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 8:23 AM Everybody just wants to know that they're alright It's okay to look at the stars And leave a sad life The home you know is just A mile or two away You can throw a stone It's the one w/ the light on Everybody just wants to know that they're alright It's okay to be happy But actually do you deserve it Are you alright Should you stay away -caught Throwing stones at glass houses Trying to turn out the light Everybody just wants to know that they're alright How many degrees does it take for you to be able tell me I'm alright You're alright w/ me -just smile Best of the Roses, Gianni French mystrawhat.com & theneweverydaymedia

My Top 5 Civic Arena/Mellon Arena Memories in Pittsburgh: The Pens Last Regular Series Game at the Civic Arena/Mellon Arena

1).
Watching the reunion tour of Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin March 25, 1995 with Pittsburgh's own Rusted Root (winning the coveted opening slot for several dates) from the Mario Lemieux and a family friend's box I gratefully scored --- watching on with my now wife (who I had gone on a handful of dates at the time) and some friends of ours --- Hearing Robert Plant tell us that he's been on tour with a lot of bands in his time and being on tour with Rusted Root for this time made him feel compelled to tell us just how lucky Pittsburgh is to have them.



2).

All the wonderful moments watching Mario Lemieux on the ice including his 600th goal and an amazing game where the Pens where down by two goals with a little more than one minute left on the clock and Luc Robitaille and Mario tied the game and won in overtime (my girl and friend "Fat Tuesday" wanted to leave but I convinced them to stay because I had a feeling).

3).

Sydney Crosby

4).

Attending the first Fresh Fest featuring RUN DMC, Whodini, Kurtis Blow and the Fat Boys in 1984 as one of the only 14 year old white boys in or out of the Civic Arena

5).

As an eleven and twelve year old sitting at the glass (pounding on the glass) of the Civic Arena wathcing Paul Baxter, Pat Price, Randy Carlyle, Mike Bullard, George Ferguson and Pierre LaRouche - and then "sneaking" down stairs and hanging out outside the locker room after the game with a good friend of the family (close to the Pittsburgh Penguins) looking on ... (and in the summers being taught by some of these guys at the Ken Schinkle School of Hockey - where Pat Price gave me a lot of one-on-one time I'll never forget).

Best of the Roses,

mystrawhat.com

&

theneweverydaymedia

The Vaselines — son of a gun

a rendition of a Vaselines song performed by Nirvana
Nirvana - Son of a gun Video
This song, Son of a Gun, is on the soundtrack Kurt Cobain: About a Son (April on Lake Washington Blvd) Best of the Roses, mystrawhat.com & theneweverydaymedia

Too Hollywood for Hollywood

RECENT AND RELATED

Too Hollywood for Hollywood Young blood Blue blood Proven young Sure shot Lookin for the top hat Be good Tryin' to be Still a sweetheart Look out your momma's On the A train 'done forgot to take the D train Well shoot'em up Guitars Rainman's not a retard It's down about Cruise Because it's that way I don't know Leonardo's to blame -made me get out of the pool When it was real hot Still cool -another sunny day at Marmont Well get tried Be brave You don't always get paid -don't get tied And look out Johnny's gotten hired Yeah. Johnny's gotten higher The finest small batch Kentucky bourbon whiskey A go, go, go … Go, go, go … Go, go, go .. A go, go, go … Go, go, go … Go, go, go .. ah, Larry King Pink Champagne Daddy's got a big ring Lookin' for the A-game ah, it's all about heart Just need a little jump start A go, go, go … Go, go, go … Go, go, go .. A go, go, go … Go, go, go … Go, go, go .. Best of the Roses, March 1, 2010 mystrawhat.com & theneweverydaymedia

"Dance In The Middle"

Dance In The Middle The single from our new album, Stereo Rodeo! Dance in the Middle is one of those tracks that once we first started working on, we knew we had something," says bass player & vocalist Patrick Norman about the single. Check out the video & ROCK ON!
Best of the Roses, Giovanni French mystrawhat.com & theneweverydaymedia

Christmas Barrette

Christmas barrette on a pretty fine girl
I was thinking about something I'd probably regret
Everyday weaving the holiday season tapestry
Living the scene we were lit up like a Christmas Tree
Everybody gathering to be seen to see the music at the next show
No matter where you came from or where tomorrow grows
We cross many roads and rivers - going under bended bare trees -
There's snow in the December air not just in the eastern seaboard
But where there's magic you can feel it in the air from the backstage
Musicians to the guys at the door - carrying equipment together -
Drinking a ton of free beer on the house like the night before -
Did you have a chance to see him in the living area upstairs at a
Naked and bruised piano he could easily handle out of tune -
What a star on the Christmas Tree - it looks like him, you & me
Just like the day before New Year's Eve in Chicago along the shore
Looking at the city --- Yeah, all have traveled to get here for the show
Through the magic in the air down hills and roads and under a canopy of
Bare winter trees -passed corners and open fields and tall buildings where
There's always writing on the wall - graffiti and all - we make the magic a
Few people share and see in a girl at a show with a Christmas barrette in her hair


Saturday Morning - December 19, 2009

Best of Christmas Roses,
John

The Top 75 Hottest Women in the New Everyday Media 2009

--- On Thu, 12/17/09, John French <mosshead7@yahoo.com> wrote: From: John French <mosshead7@yahoo.com> Subject: The Top 75 Hottest Women in the New Everyday Media 2009 To: "Good Morning America" <gma@abctv.com>, today@nbc.com, squawk@cnbc.com, friends@foxnews.com, am@cnn.com, heydave@cbsnews.com, robin&company@cnn.com, headlinenews@cnn.com, scoop@huffingtonpost.com, comments@foxnews.com Cc: "SE Cupp" <sec316@nyu.edu>, kim@kimserafin.com Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 7:52 AM ... just have to add the titles and credentials and some of the witty commentary i have for "some girls" ... and 2009 poetry ... then ready for an official launch however i figured i'd do a transparent sneak peak ... --- On Wed, 12/16/09, John French <mosshead7@yahoo.com> wrote: From: John French <mosshead7@yahoo.com> Subject: The Top 75 Hottest Women in the New Everyday Media 2009 To: redeye@foxnews.com Cc: "poptips@wizbangblog.com" <poptips@wizbangblog.com>, thebestgossip@aol.com, feedback@holytaco.com, "Mr. Dippy" <mr.dippy@dipdive.com>, snl@nbc.com, info@bwe.tv, oreilly@foxnews.com, hannity@foxnews.com, "Shelby Holiday" <shelby@palestra.net> Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 3:06 PM Greg, Can you have an intern take a look at my list on mystrawhat.com and have him get back to me via email on what he thinks before I officially launch. Grazie mi amico, Buon Natale, Gianni French mystrawhat.com & theneweverydaymedia http://theneweverydaymedia.blogspot.com/

Max's Kansas City

Jim Carroll remembered Wiping it off -coke after a foul. The center aisle 1 Mini circus elephant, one Smoking, drinking Chimp Back room upstairs access? I wish I was younger. I hate you. You're younger and That's all I want The massage ended Happy Baby, won't you keep me happy ---(he was waiting. Waiting for Candy Darling)--- Best of mystrawhat.com & theneweverydaymedia December 5, 2009

- LIVE IN 1967 - "GET OFF MY CLOUD"

THE ROLLING STONES - LIVE IN 1967 - GET OFF MY CLOUD GET OFF MY CLOUD

one pay check away

prelude: what kind of music sells most in difficult economic times? i bet it was country maybe now rap music now - well they're both angry and like to bitch and really don't celebrate life like they used to when they recorded on front porches ---- (i keep myself busy so i have to find time to sit on the front or back porch and just pick away) --- anywway, here's an idea i had while driving through Sewickley Heights wondering what kinda song would sell today if i was just honest and true


one pay check away
i wish i were in Kentucky bluegrass
chasing my little momma instead
of working my weary bones on this shift
but hey i'm grateful to be a working man
so you won't hear me bitch the blues again

one pay check away
and China will own our asses
that's what i'm told everyday
in the new everyday media
where a vote for Palin likely means
you got that ring around your back
pocket of your Levis - yeah, some
of them in this world so watch yourself

one pay check away
i watch my dreams fade away
one by one like my hair turning gray
one by one i think it all over - "it's
on the rocks today -yeah, Maker's"
i drink it down like the money i make

one pay check away
i'll own my new Ford F150
and it's another day i can kick ass
i'm tired of you putting me down
so i won't let my name down
not anymore i am one paycheck away
from a new tomorrow where i don't borrow

one paycheck away
from the the USA staying a super power
with more baseball diamonds and books
that don't deny there are people who die
and there are people who plan and do kill
that's a fact and if i don't have to borrow
then i ain't bowing down or sayin' sorry


Best of the Roses,
Giovanni French
mystrawhat.com
&
theneweverydaymedia

be my everyday

be my everyday

It's all a guess a gamble for so¤me change -
I see the best and brightest they live to be free
And those monster trees that grow
- are apples to apples
if they all go away we won't be able to breathe
For tommorrow never knows
Yeah, tomorrow never knows (3x)
REM is the way we all need to dream
but when it was automatic for the people
it made me want to scream
U 2 did it for a while
then they also found out too late
while they weren't at the guard
even music became all about hate
So best of the roses
Best of the roses (2x)
Everyday at 5 come hear me sing
I'll be singing tonite at the VFW
w/ my new band Random Photo
yeah we'll be taking photos of songs
that celebrate your life -
right or wrong black or gay -
we'll be singing songs about your life
Every day, babe, everyday
You're my everyday, babe
Be my everyday............

(Just written while standing in line at Starbucks on a sunny Monday morn w/ some song in my head I making up as I go along)--- Best of the Roses, Giovanni French mystrawhat.com & theneweverydaymedia http://theneweverydaymedia.blogspot.com/


On Mon, 10/26/09, John French wrote:
From: John French Subject: smokin' hot for a Monday the 26th day of OctoberTo: "Good Morning America" , "GMA" , heydave@cbsnews.com, today@nbc.com, squawk@cnbc.com, friends@foxnews.com, am@cnn.com, headlinenews@cnn.comDate: Monday, October 26, 2009, 8:01 AM


... wow, what a good Monday morning (especially after such a great weekend i had) .... waking up and seeing all the women of the new everyday media looking so smokin' hot ...


Best of the Roses,
Giovanni French
mystrawhat.com
&
theneweverydaymedia
http://theneweverydaymedia.blogspot.com/

--- On Fri, 10/23/09, John French wrote:
From: John French <
Subject: finalizing list of the 2009 Top 75 Hottest Women of the New Everyday Media + PoetryTo: "Chim Chim"
Date: Friday, October 23, 2009, 7:44 AM

Take the Change

he said...
what happened to wilderness
the magnetic bends
everyone is so straight now
no tenderness to lend

she said...
think about tomorrow
you're not too late
give me your heart
i'll give you time to borrow

there's never nothing left
spill your cards on the table
who's reading what game
who's your cosmic dealer
(i'll) take away the change

remember you & me at Christmas
holding hands outside in the cold
doing shots of Maker's Mark bourbon
tongues leaving no question unposed
opening their presents they don't miss us

(written Monday morning October 12th 2009)
Best of the Roses,
Giovanni French
mystrawhat.com
&
theneweverydaymedia
http://theneweverydaymedia.blogspot.com

i don't even know her name

i spy with my eye a girl and i know she's a spy too because we spies know these kinda things   i don't even know her name but i know when i see her it is -but yet- not a game   i know this because i know with my eyes that she's on fire and i've never felt any higher   she makes me feel like a natural ghost at the best birthday party -i'm invited- and she's host   when i see her i see a vision that's coast to coast and my heart sings and brain dances in the middle   i don't even know her name i don't even know her name i don't even know her name     best of the roses   mystrawhat.com          & theneweverydaymedia