...yeah, so, in the eighties after years watching CNN while my
father worked on things he took home from his law practice or
his innovative computer based health & wellness programs I
became hooked on CNN and NEWS programs myself. In the 90's when
I was off to university and traveling around I found having CNN
and other NEWS programming on made me feel like there was a
constant I could count on to feel like home. Now matter what
city or town I was passing-through, I'd fall asleep to CNN.
And Professor Trimball really legitimized my liking for mass
media w/ his mass media courses which focused on television. Of
course, I aced these. Stoned or not. And as I continued my
travels I continued watching. It was already part of my
lifestyle and had been before I even knew it.
A few years ago I started watching both CNN and FNC to analyze
their analysis and note the differences and similarities. One
day I caught a glimpse of Juliet Huddy on Fox & Friends.
Although I knew she was bait for me and my coveted demographi,
which I even kinda detested that insult to my intelligence, it
was too late. I was hooked at the mouth. I began writing
emails into Fox & friends and to Juliet. And once I saw the I
was actually getting through and they do read this kind of stuff
and react to it, I started writing into other programs about Fox
& Friends and my Juliet trying to create a little competition
and also to be friend and aid in exposure. I actually loved
getting really stoned on kind-bud, tuning-in and participating
via email write-ins, analyzing body language and reading between
the lines.
In 2004 it all came together when I heard Brian Kilmeade say, "I
want him to write-in. I want him writing in everyday."
Thus, came the birth of my e-book: Everyday Media (2005) which
is comprised of sent write-ins and sent poetry to NEWS programs
and other media and also included a listing of Top 25 Hottest
Female Anchors in NEWS Cable and Non. I only used one or two
responses.
Everyday Media turned into my second e-book on mystrawhat.com
called Things We're Afraid to Say: Webs of Everyday Media which
was also comprised of sent write-ins and sent poetry to NEWS
programs and other media and also included a listing of Top 35
Hottest Female Anchors in NEWS Cable and Non.
A little after the second "everyday media" e-book I saw Julia
Allison on FNC's Red Eye and where I thought the show itself was
a breath of fresh air and cutting edge media, I also thought the
same about Julia Allison. Two pair of shoes for her later: one
from Laguana Beach I picked out with my ex-girlfriend, Pamela,
and Hollywood Emmy Guy and a pair of Steve Madden's (she emailed
me a pic of I found in a store in Pittsburgh - she didn't like
the ones from Laguana Beach I mailed from the Chateau Marmont),
and, also, a Busted Tee, a soy candle, a first aid kit, a
Starbuck's gift card and probably something else, I figured out
I wasn't just feeding into Julia Allison because I thought she
was funny and the situation was funny. I actually digged her and
realized she had become my new #1 "every day media girl."
Currently there's a rough draft of my
Top 50 Hottest Women of Everyday Media 2008 included in the
samples of my third everyday media oriented e-book called
Everyday There's Something 2008. The e-book should be fully
completed and the final listing tweaked enough by this December
or the first of the New Year.
Oh, and BTW, Hollywood Emmy Guy and I recently met Julia Allison
at the Chambers Hotel to interview her for a full length
documentary film in which Hollywood Emmy Guy is the executive
producer/director (myspace.com/edelist) and I'm a "co-"
along w/ Liz Berlin of Rusted Root and her husband Mike Speranzo
who founded and operates Mr. Small's Theatre-Recordings-Skatepark
(mrsmalls.com). I found Julia Allison to be just as engaging,
refreshing and hot in person as she is in print or being
transmitted for international broadcasting. Moreover, Hollywood
Emmy Guy then saw what I had been seeing and trying to convey to
him and, I think, he's even reading her blog now.
She was both hot and cool in person. And since we didn't want to
carry our HD gear w/ us on the train back and forth from
Princeton Junction and during our couple day stay in Manhattan,
I just brought my first DV camera I've been traveling and
shooting all kinds of interesting footage with since 2002 and
Julia just rolled with it. Well, of course, Hollywood Emmy Guy
won his Emmy in Science and Technology while he was VP at Sony
Pictures and has done a ton of PD (post development) work on
films like Crash, Sea Biscuit, Pleasantville, the Mask, Tenth &
Wolf, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc.. so I don't think any of us
need to worry about the quality compared to the other HD footage
we'll be using thanks to the masters of DI (digital
intermediate) in PD.
Oh, BTW, I think Jacob L. is alright. In fact, I just sent him
an email yesterday at about 3pm before heading out to Fox Chapel
(home of Teresa Heinz) for a Sunday dinner party.
Jacob, I agree with you, although she listens to Disney music
and probably would be lost on the excitement of recording a
second album for a label like Merucry/Island Def Jams at
someplace like SkyWalker Recordings at the Lucas Ranch and other
things about someone as brightly burning but nonchalant like
Michael Glabicki, there's potential.
Henceforth, that not knowing or really caring about "whatever,
etc." has this innocent naivety which I find as a refreshing
perspective and that "potential" translates into something you
know will be great. You know, everybody is starting to know,
"there's something about Julia Allison."
Julia Allison = #1.
Best of Pittsburgh's Rusted ROSES,
"John French" / John Alan Conte Jr.
Everyday There's Something 2008
StrawHat Productions