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Tom Hendricks's Blog – September 2009 Archive (6)

Musea Art Contest 9/28/09

The answer to, and winner (if any) for,

our last contest question of:

The poet wrote:

"I shot an arrow into the air

It fell to earth, I knew not where:"

Did he ever find that arrow? Where was it?

IS

Yes, "Long, long afterward, in an oak /

I found the arrow, still unbroke;"

The quote is from Longfellow's "The Arrow and the Song".

I had a possible winner - but his e-mail address is not

working. IF you were the one with the… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on September 28, 2009 at 10:26am — No Comments

Musea E-mail Club #485 Scorecard for Control of Art and Media

The scorecard for control of the arts and media is:

CORPORATIONS everything,

INDIES, less than ever.

Let's go category by category and see who controls it - Corporate art or Indy art.

Media - Corporate Art. Corporate owns the bulk of tv, and radio. They have way too much influence on the FCC, and NPR, with revenue sharing won't give a tough review. Indies can't get coverage or reviews; and have little coverage on any tv or radio. Indies can rarely even get a radio… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on September 22, 2009 at 9:45am — No Comments

Weekly Quiz for Art Smarts

The answer to, and winner (if any) for,

our last contest question of:

Where are thousands and thousands of statues buried?

IS

Xian China. Near the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. Farmers

were drilling a well and they discovered an underground, terracotta army of full sized: soldiers, weapons, horses, carriages - the works.

About 8,000 statues total in 3 main pits.

We may have one winner here - status pending. For the rest of you

your… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on September 21, 2009 at 10:01am — No Comments

Party? It's online and coming soon

Zinester,

Hey Hey Hey

It's my birthday

Well how about a party?

Not today but I've got something in the works - An ONLINE party with

the whole world invited. Here's the news - more details as they develop.

_____________________________________________________________________

Coming SOON!!!!!

The Worldwide ONLINE CD Release Party for "5th" the fifth CD by Hunkasaurus and His Pet Dog Guitar. Hendricks is the zinester for the 17 year… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on September 15, 2009 at 9:09am — No Comments

Musea Art Contest 9/14/09 Zinesters Look if you Dare to be Quizzed!

The answer to, and winner (if any) for,

our last contest question of:

Galileo, in his book 'Two New Sciences' talked about music theory.

He said that the octave sound was "rather too bland and lacks fire.

But the musical interval called the _______ , he describe as

causing "a tickling of the eardrum so that its gentleness is

modified by sprightliness, giving the impression simultaneously of

a gentle kiss and of a bite." Name the musical interval… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on September 14, 2009 at 10:06am — No Comments

Weekly Quiz for Art Smarts

The answer to, and winner (if any) for,

our last contest question of:

I have in my hand a professional film screenplay from Hollywood.

I am on page 62 - how far am I into the movie?

IS

One hour and 2 minutes. Screenplays are written such that each page

is one minute of screen time. That way no matter where you are in

the script the actors, directors, crew, can tell where they are in

the film too. Pretty smart isn't it?

We had no… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on September 1, 2009 at 9:58am — No Comments