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WMZ weekly art quiz - test your art smarts on some tough questions - good luck

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

What's the exactly right word or expression for the exactly right word or expression?

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Mot juste (sometimes confused with bon mot which means witty… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on May 12, 2010 at 10:41am — No Comments

Musea E-mail Club #509 Jeff Potter On Publishing, Zines, and more

Dear Reader,

Jeff Potter wrote a great and elegant reply post on the social website, We Make Zines, about zines, book publishing, art, and why he, and I and others are advocating for more fairness and changes in the arts and media. I asked if I could reprint it, and he said yes. Here it is uncut. I hope you enjoy… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on May 11, 2010 at 10:02am — No Comments

Friday Release of Online Single Shake Shout Go / Sleepwalk

Two-fer Online Single Release. Done in the Post-Bands style… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on May 8, 2010 at 8:58pm — No Comments

WMZ art quiz - test your art smarts and good luck

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

1939 was a great year for American Films - Gone with The Wind,The Wizard of Oz and so many more. Yet hidden on the list was a minor film starring one of the world's… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on April 28, 2010 at 11:21am — No Comments

NPR Responds to My Conflict Of Interest Concerns in Page Article by Ombudsman

Zinesters, this is a music example, but note that zines are never talked about on NPR either.… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on April 21, 2010 at 10:08am — No Comments

Check your WMZ arts smarts with weekly quiz

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

Name the world's largest display of art. Good Luck!

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The Nazca Lines, gigantic drawings carvwd into Peru's Nazca Desert floor by the Nazca people… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on April 19, 2010 at 11:41am — No Comments

WMZ art quiz - test your art smarts and good luck

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

He was was both an actor in his family group, and their business manager. He was the first in Hollywood to get a percentage of a film's gross receipts as part of… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on April 14, 2010 at 10:17am — No Comments

Musea E-mail Club #507 New Musea out plus excerpt

Musea Reader, the April/May issue is out.

This issue has 3 parts. Two for your health, and one for the health of music. The first "LARRY"S SUGAR PILLS" is a one act courtroom 'drama'. See if Larry ends up in jail for selling his miracle… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on April 12, 2010 at 10:07am — No Comments

WMZ art quiz - test your art smarts

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

This is the day we shoot the action scene, and in this movie I start the scene dangling from a rope high over a gorge a mile underneath me. I ask the director, "Huh?… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on April 6, 2010 at 11:19am — No Comments

Musea E-mail Club #506 Miss Yvonne Rant

Musea Reader,

This week's e-mail club is from a guest… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on April 5, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

WMZ weekly art quiz - test your art smarts and good luck

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

Have you seen the Marriage Ref? This game show is a train wreck and it made me think of this earlier quiz show. A MAJOR TV comedian hosted a game show where a panel of… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on March 24, 2010 at 10:40am — No Comments

WMZ art quiz - test your art smarts and good luck

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

This actor danced from London to Norwich. And the year after, wrote an account of it. Name him.

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Will Kemp morris / danced from London to Norwich. He was an actor, jester and friend of William Shakespeare. Legend says he undertook the journey… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on March 15, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Pruit's Oscar Wrap Up (musea E-mail Club #503

Here is Musea’s annual Oscar wrap up from Melanie Pruit. (It is long so after the "intermission' click on the link for the rest.)

So history was made last night at the Oscars, not only with the selection of the first ever female winner for Best Director (Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker), but also the first time… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on March 8, 2010 at 5:29pm — No Comments

WMZ art quiz - test your art smarts

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

Just about a year ago to the day (give or take less than a week) the world saw an auction of an artists possessions that garnered a little under one half of a BILLION dollars. Yes BILLION with a "B". And this, as you remember was during the year when everyone had lost their money and banks were being bailed out. This was the largest auction of any private individual ever seen. Name the artist. Good…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on March 8, 2010 at 10:23am — No Comments

Grand Sweep (instrumental release from 5 CD Set

Hunkasaurus and His Pet Dog Guitar in POST BANDS instrumental from 5 CD Set

http://music.hunkasaurus.com/grandsweep.mp3

Added by Tom Hendricks on March 7, 2010 at 7:18pm — No Comments

WMZ art quiz - test your art smarts

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

This artist spent just about 50 years on two DOORS! (or two sets of doors). Name the artist.

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Lorenzo Ghiberti for the Baptistry of Florence.…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on March 2, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Tips for Musicians

TEN Plus TIPS FOR MUSICIANS 1 Try to stand out, not fit in. Your goal should not be to sound like everyone else. If you are not doing something that is the world's first in music - then ask yourself, "Why not? Show some courage. Do something new. Find your own…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on February 24, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Zinester weekly quiz

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

This English fair began in 1133, and it was such fun, and such a big hit that they kept it going each year for, oh, say, 722 years! Name it.

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Bartholomew Fair, held in West Smithfield, London.

Fo/mo/info… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on February 22, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Secret Agent Man Music to help write undercovers

http://music.hunkasaurus.com/agentman.mp3… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on February 21, 2010 at 8:02pm — No Comments

WMZ art quiz - test your art smarts

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of: OK Let's see how you do on this one. It's the most common word in the world. Name it.

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OK.

I even gave you the answer in the question!

We STILL had no correct answers. For more on "OK", the big world…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on February 10, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments