The Big List Gets BIGGER

FIRST WORLD TOP 40 LIST! BEST MUSIC LIST in the WORLD!!! (And hardest to get on! – a lot harder than any of Billboards charts) There have been a few additions in recent weeks.

Here they are (the list is like the blob – it keeps growing as it eats great great music)

1. Most Dynamic Drummer, Sandy Nelson and the Sin City Termites, “Back Fire” or “Bizerk Beat” (ms) And yes that is the Sandy Nelson from 50’s fame. I got a nice e-mail from one of the Termites about their pleasure at being on the list. They deserve it.

2. Best Rhythm Guitar Andy Mckee from Kansas for “Drifting” – hear his wonderful guitar technique.

3. Smoothest Guitar , Pete Hottlinger from Nashville “A Felicidada”

4. Best Nerd Novelty, Connie Francis way-back song “He’s Just a Scientist” New Jersey.

5. Best Choral Thunderstorm,. Perpetuum Jazzile “Africa” from Slovenia.

6. Notable Song about the Impact of War “Firefight” Michael Vincent San Francisco

7. Best Nick Drake, “Pink Moon” lost classic from Nick from England.

This list is historic – the first world list. Come see and hear it.

You could make your own list, but if it’s the best, it would have the same names!

MORE INFO: Week after week Musea, my 16 year old art and media zine scours myspace and youtube for the very best in music from every corner of the world for the world’s first list of new great music. Culled from thousands, here are the world’s best. (Anyone can send me your music. That includes any kind of music!) Musea’s Worldwide Favorite Music LIST “100 Plus Favorite Music from Youtube and Myspace”

http://musea.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/100-plus-best-music-from-youtube-and-myspace/

In a world of misses, here are 100+ hits! The internet is the world’s first worldwide JUKEBOX And this is the first worldwide best music list from that jukebox. This list is NOT approved by any corporation!

From Dallas home of the art and media revolution including Post-Bands music, Tom Hendricks (editor of the 16 year old zine Musea)

Musea Art Contest 7/8/09

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

With all those summer blockbusters, we have this question. What’s the name of a device that lets a person drive a puppet from a distance? For extra credit what’s it named after?

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The remote manipulator is called a “WALDO” named after Robert A. Heinlein’s sci-fi short story “Waldo”

We had no winner, Seems y’all’s brains had no manipulation at all!

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” or my NEWEST cd CALLED ‘THIRDS” (May ‘07) or my NOW RELEASED cd CALLED ‘FOUR-TH’ Hunkasaurus.com (has them all plus videos and more) if you are the first to e-mail me at THIS NEW ADDRESS: tom-hendricks@att.net with the correct answer to this art question*

This clothes designer invented spray on clothes from a can! Name him.

Good luck! Readers,

IF you like these puzzles and would like to resend them to friends, post them on any newsgroup, or any website, please do so. The more the merrier! For tons of past quizzes go to, the musea website at musea.us or the Musea blog at musea.wordpress.com And don’t forget the music/videos at hunkasaurus.com http://www.Myspace.com/Musead (New Friends welcome) http://www.youtube.com/TomHendricksMusea (all my videos)

Musea E-mail Club #478: Preston Hollow People Interview

Readers,

Here’s a link to a short Question and Answer interview of me by the Dallas weekly Newspaper, Preston Hollow People.

http://tinyurl.com/n2eo4u

They sent me a list of questions about two weeks ago, and took my photo last Tuesday. Enjoy.

Tom Hendricks (editor of the 16 year old zine Musea)

Musea E-mail Club #477 Major New Publication on Puccini by Fellow Zinester

Readers, Fellow zinester Iris J. Arnesen, editor of “The Opera Glass” has just announced the release of a new major work on Puccini’s operas titled “The Romantic World of Puccini: A New Critical Appraisal of the Operas” ($45 from publisher McFarland & Company).

It’s always a treat for me, when zinesters I know and trade with, get published.

Iris’s book is now available for pre order at Amazon Books and I’m sure it’ll be widely available soon. You can see the cover and more info here http://www.amazon.com/Romantic-World-Puccini-Critical-Appraisal/dp/0786444827/ref=pd_ts_b_1?ie=UTF8&s=books

Iris talks about her book in a letter to her readers:

“I can’t possibly detail here even a tiny fraction of what is covered in the book. I can only say that it reveals a treasure trove of beautiful and exciting things about the plots and about the music that nobody has ever noticed before. This is your chance to be one of the first people in the world to really understand what’s going on in the operas of Puccini, the man who is simultaneously the best-loved and most under-appreciated opera composer who ever lived.”

Congratulations Iris, and best wishes on your publication!

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House News: I will have an interview and photo in the suburban newspaper Preston Hollow People, this Friday. Look for it at newstands or

http://www.peoplenewspapers.com/ME2/Splash.asp Tom Hendricks (editor of the 16 year old zine Musea)

Musea Art Contest 6/29/09

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

Matisse and Picasso were both rivals and great friends. They were also arguably the best artists of the century. Each influenced the other more than the other would admit. Let’s go back in time. Picasso just unveiled his new picture, the groundbreaking masterpiece that would change the world of art forever, “Les Demoiselles, d’Avignon”. What was Matisse’s reaction when he first saw the work?

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(After seeing the work) “Matisse and Leo Stein burst out laughing and mocked Picasso’s incoherent attempts to explain his intentions.” (from a letter to Kahnweiler of June 1912. Interpreting Matisse Picasso, by Cowling). Ouch!

We had no winner, Seems y’all’s brains were in a cubist condition!

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” or my NEWEST cd CALLED ‘THIRDS” (May ‘07) or my NOW RELEASED cd CALLED ‘FOUR-TH’ Hunkasaurus.com (has them all plus videos and more) if you are the first to e-mail me at THIS NEW ADDRESS: tom-hendricks@att.net with the correct answer to this art question*

With all those summer blockbusters, we have this question. What’s the name of a device that lets a person drive a puppet from a distance? For extra credit what’s it named after?

Good luck! Readers,

IF you like these puzzles and would like to resend them to friends, post them on any newsgroup, or any website, please do so. The more the merrier! For tons of past quizzes go to, the musea website at musea.us or the Musea blog at musea.wordpress.com And don’t forget the music/videos at hunkasaurus.com http://www.Myspace.com/Musead (New Friends welcome) http://www.youtube.com/TomHendricksMusea (all my videos) Tom Hendricks (editor of the 16 year old zine Musea)