Tom Hendricks's Blog – October 2011 Archive (9)

Poems written in late October  2011 

Comments welcome.

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 POEMS

 1

Their actions were

alien to me

like watching players

playing a game

where you don't know the rules

and nothing makes sense.

 

2. (Kid's poem)

no need to worry

no need to worry

when the  full Moon starts to fade.

 

no need to worry

no need to worry

it'll…

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Readers,  Here are four more entries into THE BIG LIST, the 200+ first 'best of' song list from all the music on the net, from all over the world. You are guaranteed to find many hits you've probably never heard.

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Classic Songwriter's Best Song Performance, Jimmy Webb, "Just This One Time".

Best Psychedelic Classic, You've Never Heard (Unless you come from my home town), Five Americans "7:30 Guided Tour" (yt).

Best Song with drumsticks on ashtrays…

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The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:This first musical conductor (before him it was usually the first violinist or organist) actually died from conducting! Name him and tell how conducting music, did him in!IS: Jean-Baptiste Lullly (1632-1687). Instead of a small baton he used a 6 foot long staff that he banged on the ground for the beat. He hit his foot, it became gangrenous, and he died two months later.

There were no correct eligible answers.…

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The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:Here's a money art question. This is the only Vice President of the US featured on US Currency (that never served as President). Clue - the answer is personal.

IS: Thomas Andrew Hendricks the Vice President and Governor of Indiana. (my full name is Thomas Manley Hendricks). Growing up I was told we were related. More recent research in my family suggests that we just don't know for sure. My father's line goes back to…

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The Desktop Explosion Led to Zines in the 80′s-90′s



There is a zine newsgroup called We Make Zines, and on it I suggested that we need to remember how important pioneers like Steve Jobs were to the desktop explosion, which in turn led to a golden age of zines, of which my zine Musea was a small part. That led to some lively discussion. Some said there were always zines or independent publications. But I suggested that period in time was a golden age of independent publications, a zine… Continue

Poems written up to early October  2011 

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POEMS

 

1

What dew the Sun

   takes away

the Moon soon comes

   and replaces.

 

2. Entropy Clock

 

I devised

an entropy clock

the more it ticks

the more it tocks.

 

At one time

way back when,

all was wound up -

unwinding began.

 

My clock…

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The LOST TAPES series. (Music from the 80's and 90's re-found.)The Bugs Bunny Theme (slow version, missed notes and all, recorded at Summit Burnett Studios, Dallas)

http://musea.us/thelosttapes/thebugsbunnytheme.mp3

_____________________________________________________Tom Hendricks for ALL the LOST TAPES go to musea.us or to my blog http://musea.wordpress.com/for the other…

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The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:This fashion accessory takes 1-3 billion years to make. Name it.IS:  Diamonds! (The girl's best friend).

There were no correct eligible answers. Can't accessorize!!!I don’t dumb down, so please wise up!

Now on to a new Q.: Win a copy of my NEW cd CALLED ‘30′! – (first anti-band CD) or my NEWER cd CALLED ‘NEXT”(‘06) or my NEWEST cd CALLED ‘THIRDS” (May ‘07) or my MORE NEWEST cd Called “FOUR-TH” ‘08 or my Just… Continue

September 19, was the day I did my 5,300th art work. Like most I do, it was small, and it was done with colored pencil over a copy of an original drawing I'd done weeks ago.

This was not a good art work, matter of fact it didn't work very well at all. But it was worth keeping. Usually I know soon enough if an art work is going to work or not, and i seldom waste time on bad work - when it's not working, I stop and don't finish it. That is something I've learned through decades of experience.… Continue