The Power of a Good Cover ...

[Reminder] Wednesday 27th August :: LE GUN Private View and launch of Issue #4

--- On Tue, 8/26/08, LE GUN news <ammunition@legun.co.uk> wrote: From: LE GUN news <ammunition@legun.co.uk> Subject: [Reminder] Wednesday 27th August :: LE GUN Private View and launch of Issue #4 To: "John French" <mosshead7@yahoo.com> Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 4:35 AM You are invited to the launch of the narrative art publication LE GUN #4 and a new exhibition and temporary arts club, LE GUN 'THE FAMILY' on Wednesday 27th August, from 5pm. 'Dear patrons, please charge your glasses and drink heartily, for tomorrow you may die' Exhibition venue Club Row, Rochelle School Arnold Circus, Shoreditch, London E2 7ES Opening Times Daily 12 till 6pm (27th Aug — 5th Sept) drawing by Will Sweeney LE GUN #4 promises a rich and slippery harvest of pictures and words, a catch that includes Polish artist-crustacean Andrzej Klimowski, Will Sweeney, creator of 'Tales of Green Fuzz', visionary draughtsman Paul Noble, and writing from beat generation expert Barry Miles and dandy of the underworld Sebastian Horsley, as well as fresh fruit from young novelist Richard Milward, grubby texts from Iain Sinclair and the 'Hunter S Thompson of Hartlepool', Michael Smith. The exhibition will feature the collective's large scale drawings, forming a physical embodiment of the work found on the pages of LE GUN. These drawings, some up to 10m in length, are collaborative, narrative panoramas that link together to tell a curious tale... LE GUN 'THE FAMILY' will also feature a 'salon wall' of works by artists working with LE GUN, and our cardboard-constructed 'arts club' installation that will host a wonderful, eccentric bar created by The Dog & Wardrobe plus performance and screening area. The exhibition will run for just over one week and in that time a number of events such as music nights and short film screenings will be programmed, creating a temporary arts club. Highlights include screening the 'Essentials' programme of seminal short film curated by the Independent Cinema Office. This will coincide with Soup Session, hosted by Jessica Antwi-Boasiako. After the exhibition Private View at Rochelle School a motley parade will be making its way round the corner to Cargo, led by the Trans-Siberian Marching Band... Thus will ensue a spectacular afterparty until the early hours, with live entertainments from the bands Agaskodo Teliverek and Beggars, plus the charming disk jockeys cum U-boat commandants Nervous Steven and Rough Trade's finest Mr Phil Adams. Its a fiver to get in but if you come to the exhibition first you will get in for free; hope to see you there... website: www.legun.co.uk email: ammunition@legun.co.uk studio: +44 (0)20 8985 6756 press contact: Hannah at Trolley (+44 (0)207 729 6591)   LE GUN 'THE FAMILY' exhibition is commissioned by NOMAD supported by A Foundation The Dog & Wardrobe SCA Industrial

"Suits Are Picking up The Bill" --- Is There a Valid Theme Here???

Squirrel Nut Zippers (Sing) Suits Are Picking up The Bill Promo video for the song "Suits Are Picking Up The Bill "
While watching the DNC coverage at a V.P.'s home of a publicly traded company - after everyone else had left and we were just chilling out and catching-up a bit - this song kept going through my head and did so the whole way home - And, then, still the same while I continued to watch more of the DNC coverage from my own home. I think there's a theme here - all the way around for tonight - when I think of tonight- it's theme is: "the suits are picking up the bill" ...Really, think about it! ...all the CNN coverage, the FNC coverage, the CBS, NBC, CNBC, BBC = who's picking-up the bill? The suits - that's who. And in hotels, bars and restaurants and strip clubs across Denver - who's picking-up the bill? The suits that's who! And all across the country who's picking-up the bill and will continue to do so??? ... Democrat or Republican - either way, "the suits are picking-up the bill."

Summer Sundays: How Else Should You Spend Them?...

Country Club Johnny at the Veranda Bar

(Diesel tee and Hugo Boss sunglasses)
It turns out that not only does country club Paul the bartender make insanely great drinks like a Maker's Mark Manhattan (up or down) but he apparently takes some good pictures as well
LifeGuard Steve at the country club pool is a pretty righteous dude for a young buck not even old enough to have a legal drink in this Common Wealth of Pennsylvania or in neighboring Ohio where he attends John Carroll University. LifeGuard/John Carroll University Steve has an excellent appreciation of music, books and overall communication ---
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...so, Stephanie, the "good producer," ....

--- On Fri, 8/22/08, John French <mosshead7@yahoo.com> wrote: From: John French <mosshead7@yahoo.com> Subject: ...so, Stephanie, the "good producer," .... To: friends@foxnews.com Cc: comments@foxnews.com, redeye@foxnews.com, heydave@cbsnews.com, today@nbc.com, squawk@cnbc.com, am@cnn.com, robin&company@cnn.com, headlinenews@cnn.com, americasnewsroom@foxnews.com, cnnnewsroom@cnn.com, feedback@foxnews.com, feedback@holytaco.com, tips@gawker.com, scoop@huffingtonpost.com, editor@esquire.com, showbiztonight@cnn.com, lipsandears@foxnews.com Date: Friday, August 22, 2008, 7:13 AM Hi Gretchen,   ...so, Stephanie, the "good producer," ....the one helping you w/ this engagingly savvy Face Book strategy  ... is she hot too?   i'd like to see a little more into that control room.   "control room."   gee, i wonder the things that are said into Brian Kilmead's ear from there.   one Saturday while a guest/fill-in co-host on F&F Weekend Greg Gutfeld just took his piece out (ear piece that is) and like Clayton or Dave had to tell him that he needed to put it back in so he could hear what was going on from the "control room."   Please note though, out of all the shows I watch, most of the time, I feel F&F is one of the most liberated and that it definitely does know what the hell it's doing and what some fat & bald loser like me wants to see on TV.   I do get frustrated though w/ the limits, the parameters, the old rules, standard rules - what "they" think is gonna be great, worth while, "NEWS worthy," good for America, society, hummanity, civilization.   "Whoever controls the media controls the mind" ... James Douglas Morrison _ (Jeem)   I know I'd be doing some "ground breaking" moves = "throwing 7 kinds of smoke" ... and winning Emmy's for it _ eventually _ after the smoke settles and no one could deny what it is I have really done.   Best of August Roses, John French mystrawhat.com $$$$$$$$$$$$  myspace.com/mosshead7 $$$$$$$$$$$$ http://theneweverydaymedia.blogspot.com/

Face Book Strategy: Fox & Friends _ (And Master Peter Doocy)_ PLUS, CNN's "IReport" Everyday Sunshine"

--- On Thu, 8/21/08, John French <mosshead7@yahoo.com> wrote: From: John French <mosshead7@yahoo.com> Subject: Face Book Strategy: Fox & Friends _ (And Master Peter Doocy)_ PLUS, CNN's "IReport" Everyday Sunshine" To: friends@foxnews.com, robin&company@cnn.com Cc: showbiztonight@cnn.com, lipsandears@foxnews.com Date: Thursday, August 21, 2008, 8:06 AM Steve,   I think it's a great strategy for Fox & Friends folks to be on Face Book and actually become friends w/ your viewers = That's just another step in really engaging your viewers (existing and potential) --- and letting them know that you all do realize they are not just zombies who are blindly watching TV --- that they have a chance to get heard an be heard and be a part of a special process and be part pf a special time in history everyday ....   Moreover, it shows that you all are not just pompous wind-bags and talking heads that are out-of-touch and do not care about us (your fans in TV land = the general public = the everyday people who lift America up to its actual greatness everyday = and go unreported and unnoticed though mostly because of the producers and writers not wanting to give up control and break on through and create something different we can all experience like communion from good stories about everyday people that may help us realize we all could use this crowd consciousness for good instead of propagating fear, hate and greed, discontent and mistrust) ....   The other day I saw that Robin Meade was doing something called "IReport" Everyday Sunshine" = where she asks us to video our everyday routine while watching her on CNN's Headline NEWS = I thought that was brilliant = for the same reasons I listed about your FB strategy.   And, yet, Anna Gilligan has ingored two requests to be a friend = Well, yeah, that's not good and has altered my perception of her which makes me form opinions and like her less = Obviously (I'm only human, man).   As for Master Peter Doocy I obliged w/ his request and sent in to be his friend and gave questions I'd like him to ask the presidential candidates.   Do you think I should put this on my everyday blog? at http://theneweverydaymedia.blogspot.com/     Lastly, I'm glad Brian Kileade is back from whatever he was doing = (probably writing another amazing boook) ...     Best of August Roses, John French mystrawhat.com $$$$$$$$$$$$  myspace.com/mosshead7 $$$$$$$$$$$$ http://theneweverydaymedia.blogspot.com/

Summer's Almost Gone

Summer's Almost Gone
Summer's almost gone Summer's almost gone Almost gone Yeah, it's almost gone Where will we be When the summer's gone? Morning found us calmly unaware Noon burn gold into our hair At night, we swim the laughin' sea When summer's gone Where will we be Where will we be Where will we be Morning found us calmly unaware Noon burn gold into our hair At night, we swim the laughin' sea When summer's gone Where will we be Summer's almost gone Summer's almost gone We had some good times But they're gone The winter's comin' on Summer's almost gone

"Natali Del Conte Is So Beautiiful = If Beauty Were a Piano, Billy Joel Would Bang Her on Stage" --- Greg Gutfeld of FNC's Red Eye

"Natali Del Conte Is So Beautiiful = If Beauty Were a Piano, Billy Joel Would Bang Her on Stage" --- Greg Gutfeld of FNC's Red Eye (the Best Cable NEWS Show on TV) ---
Natali Del Conte is the host of a daily news show on CNET TV and a regular technology correspondent for the CBS Early Show. Her daily show on CNET TV is called Loaded. CNET is owned and operated by CBS Interactive.

Natali is also a regular guest on national and local news shows and networks including The Today Show, CNBC, BBC, ABC, The CW, WNBC, CBS, Fox News, Fox Business News, G4TV, and Univision (Spanish-language reporting).
For more visit visit Natali Del Conte at her home page

Natali Del Conte's exuberant, informative, honest and refreshing transmissions may have just been recently received by me as of late - however - I am almost certain that the more I see of her in the world of everyday media = the more I'll keep digging her = and she will end-up in the top-ten of the 75 Hottest Women of the New Everyday Media listing to appear in my upcoming e-book The New Everyday Media suited for mystrawhat.com January 2009.

And, I just love that last name, Del "Conte`" for some reason ... ... ... ...

"Just Live Life"
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Ride Away

Let's ride away

Somewhere, somewhere

(You pray)

Let's ride away
Somewhere, somewhere

(I say)

Let's ride away
Somewhere, somewhere

(You say)

Let's ride away
Somewhere, somewhere

(I pray)

Let's ride away
Somewhere, somewhere

(We say)

We don't care

We don't care

We don't care

If it rains there

If the Sun's here

If they stare, if they stare

I don't care

...

On a cloudy day

...

A Sunny day

...

Anyday

...

Anyway

...

Rain & clouds

or

Sun & shine

in your hair

-anywhere-

-(from fear)-

....

....

....

....

Let's ride away
Somewhere, somewhere

(You pray)

Let's ride away

Somewhere, somewhere

(I say)

Let's ride away

Somewhere, somewhere

(You say)

Let's ride away

Somewhere, somewhere

(I pray)

Let's ride away

Somewhere, somewhere

(We say)

Rain & clouds
or
Sun & shine
in your hair
-anywhere-
-(from fear)-
....
....
....
....

written Tuesday evening 8/19/08

Best of August Roses, John French

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For Greg Gutfeld, Bill Schulz & TV's Andy Levy of Red Eye: This Bud Is For YOU ... ..(Dudes)... ...

Matthew McConaughey at Tropic Thunder Hollywood Premier

Dear Red Eye: Sure, just about every night when you talk about your Bro, Matthew McConaughey, you have pictures of him shirtless. And, although you may prefer that here, well, you know, he was at a Hollywood premier and, of course, could not appear shirtless.

However, I thought you still may dig it because his cowboy shirt looks like it's unbuttoned to his belly button and he's tan, his hair is perfect and teeth are so straight & white, he has cool shades on (I actually own a pair just like those) and some Malibu scruff.

"Just Live Life"

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Currently One of My Favorite TV Shows and Actresses on TV

Airs Next: FOX at Monday 8:00 PM (60 min.)
Status: Returning Series Premiered: September 13, 2005 Show Categories: Drama, Action/Adventure
(Emily Deschanel)
From executive producers Barry Josephson and Hart Hanson comes the darkly amusing drama Bones, inspired by real-life forensic anthropologist and novelist Kathy Reichs. Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan, who works at the Jeffersonian Institution and writes novels as a sideline, has an uncanny ability to read clues left behind in a victim's bones. Consequently, law enforcement calls her in to assist with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned, or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless. Brennan's equally brilliant colleagues (or "squints" as they're often called) at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab include earthy and bawdy Angela Montenegro, who's created a unique way to render an original crime scene in a three-dimensional computer image; Brennan's assistant, Zack Addy, a young prodigy whose genius IQ sometimes distances him from reality; Dr. Jack Hodgins, who's an expert on insects, spores and minerals, but conspiracy is his hobby; and Brennan's boss Dr. Camille "Cam" Saroyan, who replaced Dr. Daniel Goodman after the first season. Brennan often finds herself teamed with Special Agent Seeley Booth, a former Army sniper who mistrusts science and scientists when it comes to solving crimes. Brennan and Booth clash both professionally and personally, but the chemistry between them has grown since they first met and has made them a strong and trusting team. To aid Booth and Brennan in their persisting struggles, psychologist Dr. Lance Sweets signed on in season three as their therapist and also occasionally provides input on cases they're working on.

I love how Agent Booth is from Pittsburgh too.
Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) is a wonder-woman. She has an unwavering, impeccable sense of integrity. She's amazingly intelligent and yet sometimes shy, awkward and as unassuming about how sure she is about her feelings and doing the absolute right thing as she is about her on fantastic beauty.
Next episode: Yanks in the UK (1)Season four begins all the way in England, with Booth speaking at Scotland Yard and Brennan guest-lecturing at the prestigious Oxford University. Knowing of Booth and Brennan's expertise in their respective fields, local officials ask for their help with a high-profile murder investigation that involves a British heiress.

Airs: Wednesday September 3, 2008


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Video: Rain by Rusted Root @ Penn State University April 2005 "Movin' On" Concert (Alumni Weekend, Blue & White Weekend & Earth Day Weekend)

This footage was taken back in April 2005 on the lawn of the Student Union Building (HUB) at Penn State University (Happy Valley), State College, PA. It was quite chilly but that did not deter people from creating one of the biggest crowds on the HUB lawn for a show - nor did it curtail any enthusiasm for the band playing that night. At this time original members Jim Donovan, Jenn Wertz and Johnny B (John Buynak) were playing in the band. Co-founders Michael Glabicki & Liz Berlin are still rocking out with original member Patrick Norman on bass guitar.

This song is called Rain and features quite an original sound and is demonstrative of the energy, ritual and musicianship which has sustained the bands unique viability through the shifting sands of time.

I had my digital video camera "in the pit" (between the edge of the stage and the barrier w/ security which separates the crowd) and friends, Mikey and Karen, were checking on Liz's camera in the crowd at the sound board.

And thanks to Mike & Karen for letting me crash at their place in Boalsburg. What a great time.

As a fan and a friend I'm looking forward to the release of the new studio album by Rusted Root --- the latest since 2002 and the release of a double live CD in 2005. This new material is engaging in a way that is easy to gravitate towards and organically blends w/ all the favorites = which makes for a fun, dynamic, kick ass show. But it will be nice to play these new songs in my car while driving down the road.

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two wastes of life

i know she's pushed around i know she's hit around i know she's pushed around and hit around - again it feels like it's never gonna end it's probably never gonna end she don't wanna tell so she lives in hell she lives in hell and will probably never tell she thinks she needs him always cooks and feeds him she's captured and surrendered and treated worse than a dog no matter what she does it's not good enough no matter what he'd ever say it's not good enough no matter what he'd ever do it's not good enough it's not normal - it's not right it's wrong & two wastes of life best of the roses, john french written 8:47 a.m. august 14 2008 www.mystrawhat.com