- Tom Hendricks
Tom Hendricks is an American eccentric
Dallas -basedmusician , painter,writer , and creator of azine called "Musea".Musea
The "Musea"
zine has been published since 1992 and currently has 150 issues. It includes reviews, art discussions, and often, articles about the problems with music and other forms of art being controlled by largecorporations or institutions. Musea generally favors independent, local music and art. Hendricks also makes a point to review everything sent to him for a small processing fee, although apparently little has been sent in. Thezine is little known outside of the 'zine ' community or his hometown, Dallas, Texas.Music
Hendricks records music under the name Hunkasaurus and His Pet Dog Guitar, and he also performs regularly in the box office at the [http://landmarktheatres.com/Market/Dallas/Dallas_Frameset.htm Inwood Theatre] , a well-known Dallas arthouse theatre where he works. Minor publicity for these unusual performances was mentioned in January '06 Texas Monthly Magazine [http://texashighways.com/currentissue/department.php?dept=fortheroad&id=1359 "Texas Highways" listing for Hendricks] . URL last checked 2006-06-07.] and in the May '04 "Dallas Observer" [http://dallasobserver.com/Issues/2004-05-13/news/feature.html "Dallas Observer" article featuring Hendricks] . URL last checked 2006-06-07.] . Hendricks' music for the most part is standard rock, blues, and folk, but in his zine, on
Usenet , and on the jackets of his self-released CDs, Hendricks complains that "bands" (meaning groups using standard rock instrumentation) are derivative and that it's time for a new form of post-rock-band music.Other activities
Hendricks is also an infamous poster to Usenet with thousands of posts, which are often taken from or related to "Musea". He is regularly accused of
trolling and startingflame war s with his rants about the arts and music business. His posts are sometimes a bit off-topic.Hendricks is the "Cultural Affairs" editor of the
Underground Literary Alliance * [http://www.literaryrevolution.com/writing.html Underground Literary Alliance article index] . URL last checked 2006-06-07.] , a reviewer for Zine World [http://www.undergroundpress.org/bios.html Zine World staff index] . URL last checked 2006-06-07.] , and has written for the David Darling science websiteHendricks, Tom. [http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/U/UV_origin_of_life.html "Ultraviolet Light and Its Role in the Origin of Life"] . "The Worlds of David Darling" website. URL last checked 2006-06-07.] .External links
* [http://musea.us The Musea website]
* [http://www.hunkasaurus.com Tom Hendricks music website]References
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