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Life Begins …

March 8, 2023

Life Begins and Shakes Up Everything – The Kid’s Poem of a Shovel and PailMarch 8, 2013
This poem is from WIS, Writinrgs in Science – sci-fi in progress – see musea.us . Though it’s just a kid’s poem, if you read between the lines you can see it’s a poem about life on planet Earth. Enjoy!

MICROBE

Somebody mistakenly
gave a microbe
a shovel and pail
by the beach.

He liked the work.
It became infectious.
others marveled
and got their own.

Soon that beach
was over there,
and this ocean
was over here,

And that landmass
was shoved asunder,
and the weather
topsy-turvy,

And great storms
were disturbed,
and prowled about
as if confused.

Even the planets
in the solar system
took notice of
younger brother.

Earth was jostled.
It tossed the Moon
like a ball
on a string!

All this blather
from a corner stone
and it’s microbe
with a hobby.

3 Golden Ages in the Arts

February 1, 2023

3 Golden Ages in the Arts

From 1990 to 2020 there was a golden age of technology but no golden age of content in the arts. The mainstream mega corporations invented new tech, but couldn’t find content to fill them!

Through the last 30 years there has been a consolidation of companies connected to the arts and media into fewer and fewer hands. This consolidation has ruined almost all the arts from music, writing, and art, to film, theater, and dance.

But there are these 3 exceptions. They all have something in common. They all developed outside the control of the giant media art conglomerates. That means that in every case thousands competed, not 5 or so mega corporations like in the mainstream generic arts.

These three still remain unappreciated and underreported by the mainstream media.

Here are 3 that stand out for me.

1. Zines. The late 80s and 90s were the last golden age of literature before the net.
2. Online bloggers, and original youtube channels, are the new radio and TV.
3. The Korean wave of both K-Pop and K-Dramas developed innovative music and TV / films.

Tom Hendricks
Musea since 1992.

World of Musea

November 27, 2021

BEFORE YOU / INTERVIEW

Slowly I’m getting some recognition for all my work. That’s nice, but I note that in all the interviews I’ve had from the past, I’ve gotten the same response from both the interviewer and the audience. HUH?

Here in this post is a list of some things I might mention in an interview. For most listeners they would think I am talking in a different language.

Musea Readers of long standing, see how many on the list you can recall.

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Who is Musea for and against?

Name any two doors of the Five Doors to the Art Revolution video series.

What is the reason for the Texas Video Showdown?

Name three zines in the Zine Hall of Fame.

What is People Power , and how can it bring power in any emergency.

What is a Standup in art, and how has it escaped the wall?

What Dallas Street do I suggest should become a pedestrian walkway?

What is the Big LIst?

When and where was the last moment of Modern Art?

Why was 12 By 12 Records called a co-op record company?

What is “John and Martha”, a five act illustrated short story.

Name aspects of the art (painting) revolution.

Name a poem video.

What does Z.H.O.F stand for?

What is the 3 year science program for the world?

Recite a single line from any of my 2,500 Original Songs.

Name three columnists that have written for Musea.

Who is Corporate Art / Media?

Name two points from my UV paper on the Origin of Life.

What is, “Writings in Science”?

What direction do I suggest all evolution follows.

What are the Four Options and how do they determine all behavior.

What is psy phy physics and define the acronym dimp.

Name three of my websites.

Name two world’s firsts in music, connected to Tom Hendricks/ Hunkasaurus.

My large Sci-fi novel Writings in Science, is written in what form?

What is Pennies for Play online? How would it help everyone that makes creative content.

Name any instrumental I’ve written and recorded.

What are art envelopes?

Why does Musea think fair reviews are so important

Name one of the educational reforms in my essay on education.

Define a Quatro, Vision, or a Readymade, in poetry.

Why is Ben Bagdikian important to the art revolution?

Name any three of my books.

Name any of the ten points in the essay, “Ten Solutions.”

Name any point from the essay “Cogitology.” Who co-wrote it?

What does playing the guitar in the Combo Style, mean?

What is the music revolution?

What two recommendations does Musea make for all arts.

Where do hundreds of sayings like, “I don’t dumb down, so please wise up,” come from?

What is the History of Rock and Roll part one and two.

What is a CBA?

Name a Musea essay.

Name one of my short short plays.

What is the 150 song, outside-the-box set?

What is the Wheel Music Group, and why is it so important.

What is Musead?

What changes does Musea suggest for the NEA?

How does wiki college work?

Why do I suggest that Hollywood (and Broadway) have jumped the shark.

Name a golden age of film going on now.

Why should theater workers protest the Hollywood film industry?

What are Box Office Concerts?

Name one of my 9,000 poems.

What is the National Workers Organization and what national organization is it based on.

Name any of the 27 points from the Censored Art News article.

What is a bagatelle, and what music form is it usually written in.

Who are David McGhee, G.K.H. Bryant, Michael Helsem, Tevil X Bloom, Sparrow X Carter, Scott Jacob Loehr. – each a great artist in his field.

For answers see the website tomhendricks.us and follow the links.

The Slush Pile Strikes Back

June 19, 2020

The Slush Pile Strikes Back, The Underground Literary Alliance Anthology, Edited by Steve Kostecke and Wred Fright.

The ULA, the Underground Literary Alliance, was an underground writers group of the 90’s – during the zine explosion, the last golden age of literature before the internet.

The ULA was started and led by Karl “King” Wenclas who tried to gather writers like himself, opposed to what mainstream publishing had become.

During that era the ULA put out the Slush Pile an anthology of work from the group of ever changing writers. i was pleased to be a part of it.

Steve Kostecke who started the Slush Pile, wrote in his Editor’s Rant, Slush Pile #4: “Our main criticism is that American literature and letters has become professionalized, elitist, art-destructive, corrupt, meaningless, soulless,and just plain crazy sick to look at.”

Wred Fright, one of the long time writers has done all the heavy lifting and assembled this analogy of Kostecke’s ULA, Slush Pile. It contains 30 writers and 150 pages of writing.

My favorites include:

Short poems by Susan America, “Harassed By an Automobile Offender While Biking Through Chinatown”, Brady Dale, “This is Not Your TV Show”, Mark Sonnenfeld, “Zine Worker”, and Mark “Brunetti” Baird, “Atheism.”

Editorials and rants on writing included: Steve Kostecke, “Editor’s Rant SP #4, Jeff Potter, “The Loser”, and Adam Hardin, “Profiles in Fraud: JFK & the Pulitzer Prize.”

Short stories included; Crazy Carl Robinson, “Life in the Hotel in the Spring of 2004”, and my entry, Tom Hendricks, “The Dream.”

There is a lot to read, some fine covers by Yul Tolbert, and inspiring words from Wred Fright. For mature readers. You can find it now online at

https://www.scribd.com/document/465913677/The-Slush-Pile-Strikes-Back-The-Underground-Literary-Alliance-Anthology-edited-by-Steve-Kostecke-and-Wred-Fright#from_embed

Recommended as good writing, and an important part of the zine revolution. Tom Hendricks.

Some Key Links

November 9, 2019

Happy Birthday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udBT8n_WsAE

My 6 Books
https://musea.wordpress.com/2018/02/27/my-6-books/

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

Rev in Art
https://musea.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/musea-extra-summary-of-the-revolution-in-art-visual-arts/