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April 30, 2008

I'm gonna be fiddling with my stupid Oprah book forever. The latest thing I'm calling it is Oprah's Dead Son, but it's still not anywhere near done and I've gotta get it done in order to go back and get it done right. I think I started it in 2002. That might have been a while ago. Here's an e-mail I just got:

Subject: remove me from your spam list You're on your own list and I don't do spam. G. Mr. Jones. I received the e-mail below unsolicited from you this morning. I do not know you nor I have I done business with you. I have requested not to receive any more emails from you. Unsolicited commercial emails are spam. I will forward the next one I receive from either of these addresses along with my last two emails to the New York Attorney General's consumer protection division. According to your public profile at the Columbia Journalism School website, you're working on your first book "Fake News, Real Politics." I have a free website listing agents and publishers which may be of assistance to you. I sent an e-mail to the address you provided on the Columbia site, which in and of itself is a tacit solicitation of e-mail communication. Further, my e-mail was in no way "commercial." I'm not selling anything. I gave you a link to a free book, links to chapters of a free audio book, offered to send you a free copy of the fifteen-hour audio book in its entirety and gave you the url of my free website which may aid you in your search for representation and the publication of your first book. The audio book is a narrative nonfiction account of the history of America from 1943 to 2003 which includes pertinent audio clips from noteworthy individuals who helped shape "real news" during those years, from The Shadow, Father Coughlin, Charles Lindbergh, JFK, MLK, Robert Welch, Harry Truman, etc. to Allen Ginsberg, Leadbelly, Walter Chronkite, Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, etc. (see the free index I provided you for the others). What that all means is that the book I gave you for free and the audio book I offered to send you for free is "news." Your bio says you're a news guy who, as such, should be interested in news. Whose fault is it that you're not what you say you are? Feel free to include this reply in your complaint to the NY Attorney General and/or whomsoever else you may want to complain to. Thanks. G.

Here's the original e-mail I sent the guy.

Quote:

Here's Ginny Good in its entirety:

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/ggsyn1.html

Here are some sample chapters from The Audio Book of Ginny Good.

Chapter 7: North Beach, New Year's Eve, 1962
http://everyonewhosanyone.com/audio/GGch07m.mp3

Chapter 13: San Francisco, Tijuana, Mississippi, New York, Summer, 1964
http://everyonewhosanyone.com/audio/GGch13m.mp3

Chapter 19: La Honda, May, 1965
http://everyonewhosanyone.com/audio/GGch19m.mp3

Chapter 23: Haight-Ashbury, Fall, 1967, Part 1
http://everyonewhosanyone.com/audio/GGch23m.mp3

Chapter 24: Haight-Ashbury, Fall, 1967, Part 2
http://everyonewhosanyone.com/audio/GGch24m.mp3

Chapter 32: Hillsborough, CA, Summer, 1982
http://everyonewhosanyone.com/audio/GGch32m.mp3

Chapter 35: Ashland, OR, February, 2003
http://everyonewhosanyone.com/audio/GGch35m.mp3

Here's the index:
http://everyonewhosanyone.com/ggsyn.html

If you want a copy of the whole huge fifteen-hour extravaganza on .mp3 CDs for free, give me an address and I'll send you a copy. There's a bunch of other stuff on my little website, too. Click some links and see. Thanks. G.

Gerard Jones
everyone@everyonewhosanyone.com
http://www.everyonewhosanyone.com

Unquote.

"...they'll have me whipped for speaking true, thou'lt
have me whipped for lying; and sometimes I am
whipped for holding my peace. I had rather be any
kind o' thing than a fool: and yet I would not be
thee, nuncle..."

Furst Films
8954 W. Pico Blvd., 2nd Flr.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
(310) 278-6468

http://www.furstfilms.com

***Redacted***

I like having you on my site. I'll include your comments. That's the best I can do. Thanks. G.

***Redacted***

Can't. Company policy. Sorry. G.

***Redacted***

Okay, this Sean Furst guy is having a cow that I stuck up his e-mail address. He had his bonehead lawyers who apparently have no familiarity with the First Amendment to The Constitution of the United States of America which says in part "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press..." write a letter to my sister (not to me), who has nothing to do with my little website, demanding that I remove his precious e-mail address or they'll sue her...for what, exactly, they don't seem to have a clue but anyone can sue anyone for anything. If they really want to sue someone they can start with Google which is where I got the guy's e-mail address in the first place. Then they can sue Variety. Oh, my gosh, they've got lots of people to sue before they get around to suing my sister. Like me, for instance, and I say, hey, sue away. But in deference to my sister I'm removing Sean Furst's e-mail address. Anyone who really wants it can probably deduce what it is...unless maybe his lawyers think logic is illegal...but it's no longer on my website. I hope he and his lawyers are happy. I am. Oh, I'm also getting rid of Sean Furst's words since he owns the copyrights to them fair and square, but you're not missing much and I am, of course, leaving up my own words...I sure hope that's okay with his lawyers. G.

Blue Relief, Inc.
15260 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 1040
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
(310) 822-1493

Please be advised that ICM has a general policy that neither it nor any of its agents or other employees shall accept or consider any unsolicited material, ideas or suggestions of any nature whatsoever. Accordingly, I would request that you cease any further unsolicited e-mail communications with me or anyone else at ICM. Please be further advised that I have not read your e-mail, nor has it been forwarded to anyone else at ICM. Moreover, your e-mail has not been (nor will it be) forwarded to or discussed with any third parties. Thank you for your understanding, and best of luck to you. Office of John Burnham cc: Gregg Sultan, Esq.

Okey-doke, I assume that's what you want "included in your entry." Thanks. G.

American Empirical Productions
36 East 23rd St., 6th Flr.
New York, NY 10010
(212) 475-1771

Revelations Entertainment
1221 2nd St., 4th Flr.
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 394-3131

http://www.revelationsent.com

Cannell Studios
7083 Hollywood Blvd., Ste. 600
Hollywood, CA 90028
(323) 465-5800

http://www.cannellbooks.com

Pathe Pictures
21, rue François 1er
75008 Paris - France

14-17 Kent House
Market Place
London, W1W 8AR

9100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 425 East
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 858-5800

(Allied Filmmakers)

http://www.pathe.co.uk

Playboy Entertainment Group
2706 Media Center Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90065
(323) 276-4000

680 North Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 751-8000

730 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
(212) 261-5000

http://www.playboy.com

Oxygen Media
75 Ninth Ave.
New York, NY 10011
(212) 651-2000

http://www.oxygen.com

Cinemavault Releasing International, Inc.
175 Bloor St. East
Suite 1011, South Tower
Toronto, ON M4W 3R8
(416) 363-6060

http://www.cinemavault.com

Cool. All fixed. Now if one or the other or both of you would go read my beautiful book called GINNY GOOD and get someone to make a movie out of it I could go play golf in peace. Let me know if you want me to send you a copy. Thanks. G. cc: Steve Arroyave

National Lampoon
8228 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA. 90046
(310) 474-5252

http://www.nationallampoon.com

Offline Entertainment Group
601 W 26th St.
New York, NY 10001
(212) 352-3007

(Blowback Productions, Levin Productions, Loki Films)

http://www.blowbackproductions.com

Serendipity Point Films
9 Price St.
Toronto, ON M4W 1Z1
(416) 960-0300

808 Wilshire Boulevard, Ste. 400
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 899-8150

http://www.serendipitypoint.com

Capitol Films
Bridge House, 2nd Flr.
63-65 North Wharf Road
London W2 1LA

http://www.capitolfilms.com

Echelon Entertainment
1725 Victory Blvd.
Glendale, CA 91202 USA
(818) 500-1640

http://www.echelonent.com

Curb Entertainment International
3907 W. Alameda Ave.
Burbank, CA 91505
(818) 843-8580

http://www.curbentertainment.com

American World Pictures
16027 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 320
Encino, CA 91436
(818) 380-9100

http://www.americanworldpictures.com

Dear Gerard: Send me book and I'll take a look at it. Made lots of movies from books. Mark Lester

Dear Mark: As you can see, it's been four months since you asked me to send you a copy of Ginny Good. What's going on with it? Thanks. G.

Constantin Film AG
Kaiserstrasse 39
80801 Munich, Germany
Phone: +49-89-38-60-90

9200 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 730
Los Angeles, CA 90069
(310) 247-0305

http://www.constantin-film.de

Avenue Entertainment Group
11111 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 525
Los Angeles, California 90025
(310) 996-6800

http://www.avepix.com

Cherry Road Films
1460 Fourth St., Ste. 212
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 458-6550

http://www.cherryroadfilms.com

Bubble Factory
8840 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Flr.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(310) 358-3000

http://www.bubblefactory.com

Think Film
155 Avenue of the Americas, 7th Flr.
New York, NY, 10013
(646) 293-9405

http://www.thinkfilmcompany.com

Beech Hill Films
450 W. 15th St., Ste. 602
New York, NY 10011
(212) 989-7400

Camelot Entertainment Group
100 San Marcos Blvd., Ste. 400
San Marcos, CA 92069
(760) 510-5930

http://www.camelotfilms.com

Aura Entertainment
9350 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 400
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 278-9991

http://www.auraent.com

Bauer Martinez Studios
801 W. Bay Drive, Ste. 800
Largo, FL 33770
(727) 852-9939

10250 Constellation Boulevard
MGM Tower, Suite 3000
West Hollywood, CA 90067
(310) 843-0464

http://www.bauermartinezstudios.com

Blue Rider Pictures
1600 Rosecrans Ave., Bldg. 6B, 3rd Flr.
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
(310) 727-3303

2800 28th St., Ste. 105
Santa Monica, CA 90405

http://www.blueriderpictures.com

http://www.blueriderfinance.com

Sunlight Productions
854-A 5th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90403
(310) 899-1522

http://www.sunlightproductions.com

Content International
19 Heddon Street
London W1B 4BG

1337 3rd St. Promenade, Ste. 302
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 576-1059

http://www.contentfilm.com

Guardian Entertainment
71 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10003
(212) 727- 4729

http://www.guardianltd.com

Departure Entertainment
10 Universal City Plaza, Suite 2000
Universal City, CA 91608
(818) 753-2322

729 N. Seward St.
Hollywood, CA 90028
(323) 463-3000

http://www.departurestudios.com

Distant Horizon
28 Vernon Drive
Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 2BT

8282 Sunset Blvd., Ste. A
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323) 848-4140

http://www.distant-horizon.com

Echo Lake Productions
421 S. Beverly Drive, 8th floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 789-4790

http://www.echolakeproductions.com

Seven Arts Pictures
6310 San Vicente Ave., Ste. 510
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 634-0990

http://www.7artspictures.com

Exodus Film Group
1201 Electric Ave.
Venice, CA 90291
(310) 392-7778

http://www.exodusfilmgroup.com

Becker Films International
34/35 Berwick Street
London W1F 8RP

Level 1, 11 Waltham Street
Artarmon, NSW 2064

http://www.beckerentertainment.com.au

Jim Wedaa Productions
6399 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1011
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 852-6966

http://www.jimwedaaproductions.com

Centropolis Entertainment
1445 N. Stanley, 3rd. Flr.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323) 850-1212

http://www.centropolis.com

Chelsea Pictures
122 Hudson St., 6th Floor
New York, NY 10013
(212) 431-3434

(Curious Pictures)

http://www.chelsea.com

American Cinema International
14242 Ventura Boulevard, Ste. 202
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
(818) 907-8700

http://www.aci-americancinema.com

Gold Circle Films
9420 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 250
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 278-4800

10/11 Russell Street
London WC1B 3NH

http://www.goldcirclefilms.com

Recorded Picture Company
24 Hanway Sreet
London W1T 1UH
+44 (0)20 7636 2251

7001 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
(323) 937-0733

http://www.recordedpicture.com

Gerard, Hi – you sent me a copy of your book a few months back (which I have not gotten round to reading yet - but I will – well, I'll try it, honest!). I just went to your website and saw that you've got a whole lot of names and email addresses from RPC. Apart from the fact that we don't especially like that (which is our problem – we're big on privacy), there just isn't much point – we are not a big company and tend to work with established directors and writers, and we don't accept unsolicited manuscripts – so people sending us stuff are wasting their time (and ours). If you want to leave the company details and a name, that's OK (you can leave mine), but I'd really appreciate it if you could remove everyone else's – they really won't help anyone. Thanks, Richard

Hey, Richard, I know that none of the 6,500 people on my little list are ever gonna do anyone any good but I like having them there as testimony to how impossible it is to get an agent or a publisher or to get a movie made out of my beautiful books...or anyone else's for that matter...so I'm going to leave them there, mainly for posterity. Scholars fifty years from now will wonder how so many people chose to ignore such good work and opted instead to publish and produce such schlock. I may not be around to see any of that, like I might not live to be a hundred and twelve, but I think of it as an intimation of immortality. Thanks. G.

Gerard, Since putting up our e-mail addresses, we have received substantially more spam–perhaps an unintended consequence, and one that perhaps you feel is just reward to all those who turned your books down, but something that is rather annoying. I know you've considered this before, but I'd be grateful if you would remove our e-mail addresses from the site (leave physical address and names if you want, and leave my e-mail if you must, but it would be great if you would remove the others). Incidentally, I've started Ginny Good. To be honest, I'm not blown away, but I'm still going. Richard

If you do keep going you'll be glad. The beginning is something of a facade you'll appreciate more after you've read through to the end. In fact you'll probably want to read the whole thing all over again. Or not. There really is no accounting for taste. As to the e-mail addresses, the whole 2,000 page site is another kind of art form, and a relatively new one at that, with elements of reality TV and interactive games. People walked out on Stravinski's Rite of Spring and didn't think much of DuChamp's fountain at the Armory show, either. Thanks. G.

Well, I certainly can't fault you for lack of confidence. Did audience members at the first performances of The Rites of Spring (those who stayed to the end) receive posted messages thereafter for Dr. Coleman's Patented Virility Tonic or Mrs. Bradshaw's Hysteria Tincture?

Spam's a problem, I know, but there are ways around it. I used a no-spam thing for awhile but my spam has since mostly gone away and I quit using it. With new technology there's gonna be new annoyances. People deal. To the extent I've been the cause of more spam I'm sorry, but I'd just as soon not see any advertising of anything anywhere. I've told the guys at Disney that. Hey, guys, quit advertising! Did they pay any attention to me? No. Thanks. G.

Dufferin Gate Productions
20 Butterick Road
Toronto, ON M8W 3Z8
(416) 255-2260

http://www.dufferingate.com

Ruddy Morgan Organization
9300 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 508
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 271-7698

Saban Capital Group
Saban Entertainment
10960 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 235-5100

http://www.saban.com

Samuelson Productions
13 Manette Street
London W1D 4AW
+44 (0) 20 7439 4900

10401 Wyton Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90024-2527
(310) 208-1000

http://www.samuelsonproductions.com

Seraphim Films
1606 Argyle St.
Hollywood, CA 90028
(323) 462-0840

Signature Films
Millennium Dance Complex
5113 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91601
(818) 752-2991

http://www.morolandis.com

Randy Simon Productions
1113 N. Hillcrest Rd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(310) 274-7440

Stampede Entertainment
3000 W. Olympic Blvd., Bldg 3
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 552-9977

http://www.stampede-entertainment.com

Storm Entertainment
127 Broadway, Ste. 200
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 656-2500

http://www.stormentertainment.com

Sudden Storm Productions
1 Deer Park Crescent, Ste. 703
Toronto, ON M4V 3C4
(416) 927-9342

http://www.suddenstorm.ca

R.L. Entertainment
PO Box 17858
Beverly Hills, CA 90209

http://www.rlfilms.com

Radmin Company
9201 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 102
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(310) 274-9515

http://www.radmincompany.com

***Redacted***

Sorry. Can't. I like sending stuff to each individual within the company I want to talk to about making a movie out of my beautiful book called Ginny Good. I have a no-spam thing. It works. Thanks for understanding. G.

Randwell Productions
11111 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 525
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 996-6809

Emerging Pictures
245 W. 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 245-6767

http://www.emergingpictures.com

Gurney Productions
2040 W. Sunset Blvd. 2nd Flr.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
(310) 271-1197

http://www.gurneyproductions.com

Hopscotch Pictures
3454 Bentley Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(323) 848-8811

The Greif Company
9233 W Pico Blvd. Ste. 218
Los Angeles, Calif. 90035
(310) 385-1200

http://www.greifcompany.com

Reynolds Entertainment
2938 Oakhurst Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 836-9000

http://www.reynoldsent.com

Ridini Entertainment
650 N. Bronson Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90004
(323) 960-8071

http://www.ridinientertainment.com

Roadside Attractions
421 S. Beverly Dr., 8th Flr.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 789-4710

http://www.roadsideattractions.com

Sanford-Pillsbury Productions
506 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 210
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 393-5225

Scarlet Fire Entertainment
PO Box 3027
Venice, CA 90294-3027
(310) 281-3369

Shadowcatcher Entertainment
1001 Fourth Avenue Plaza, Ste. 4317
Seattle, WA 98154
(206) 328-6266

David A. Simons Productions
5301 Parion Court
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
(818) 884-7823

Comstock Ltd.
2418 Rockefeller Lane, Ste. A
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
(310) 379-3290

Snapdragon Films
23852 Pacific Coast Hwy., Ste. 373
Malibu, CA 90265
(310) 456-0101

Sneak Preview Entertainment
1604 Vista del Mar
Hollywood, CA 90028
(323) 962-0295

http://www.sneakpreviewentertain.com

IFC Films
11 Penn Plaza 15th. Floor
New York, N.Y. 10001
(646) 273-7204

http://www.ifctv.com

Stonelock Pictures
4723 Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
(818) 716-6356

http://www.stonelockpictures.com

Sub Rosa Productions
8721 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 460
Los Angeles, CA 90069-4511
(323) 650-4466

***Redacted***

Dear Suzanne: It's usually presidents and CEOs who know what their companies are looking for and know how to direct e-mails to the appropriate employee within his or her organization so whenever possible I like to include presidents and CEOs as the initial contact on my little list. The whole philosophy of my website is explained more fully here:

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/about.html

Thanks. G.

***Redacted***

Michael Eisner is on my little list, are you kidding? Unfortunately, his e-mail bounced. Sumner Redstone's on it, too. I think he's the CEO of Viacom and I'm pretty sure Viacom owns Paramount, don't they? His e-mail didn't bounce. If you or your boss or Sumner Redstone got an idea that intrigued him or her I'm sure someone would follow-up. Thanks. G.

Symmetry Media
1735 S. Ogden Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90019

Suntaur/Elsboy Entertainment
1581 N. Crescent Heights Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323) 656-3800

Suppa Productions
32063 Canterhill Place
Westlake Village, CA 91361
(818) 879-1383

(@) = Not a corporate fascist. (Feel free to apply for non-corporate fascist status...simply tell me in fifty words or fewer why you think you're not a corporate fascist.)

(*) = E-mail bounced. Correct information much appreciated. In fact, anyone who knows anything I don't know, let me know.

(!) = E-mail blocked (just mine, not yours), probably 'cause the intended recipient and/or the company by which he or she is owned and operated is an extra brainwashed, super chicken, corporate fascist goon.

(666) = Asked not to be contacted (by me, not by you), very likely because he or she is a happy little slave boy or a happy little slave girl and doesn't want it any other way, uh-huh, uh-huh.

Gerard Jones
everyone@everyonewhosanyone.com