Tom's story: 2006
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2006 — Tom was 27 and 28
5 pieces on this year: 3 dated to this year · 2 from a range of years, shown here in the middle.
DATED TO 2006
1573Certified Mail Envelope (November 2006) With Songs For A Lady First Demo CD-R, 5th copy
2006 (age 27 or 28) PROVED
CDS, CD-RS AND CASSETTES
A November 2006 certified mail envelope to Tom with its green delivery card and receipt, kept with a Memorex CD-R of his first Songs for a Lady demo labeled 5th copy in sharpie.
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1086USPS certified-mail copyright envelope
November 18, 2006 (age 28) PROVED
LETTERS, FLYERS, PRINTOUTS AND RECORDS
An orange envelope Tom sent to himself by USPS Certified Mail, the receipt stamped November 18, 2006, to seal and date his work as proof of copyright.
the card says: made at age 28
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1941INDEX
about 2006 (age 27 to 28) LIKELY
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed index of Tom's songs with page numbers and a theme for each (Alcohol - Drugs, Another History Lesson - State of World, Better Than Me - Love and so on), kept in blue and orange plastic folders.
the card says: about 2006 (age 27 to 28)
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ABOUT 2006: FROM A RANGE OF YEARS, SHOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE
1932Poems by Tom 1
about 2004-2008 (age 26 to 29) BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
Two handwritten sheets from Tom's planning of his Poems by Tom collection, listing the poems going in - Alcohol, A Perfect World, Picture Something Nice, The Watcher and more - with a chart of his top videos and favorites.
the card says: written between age 26 and 29
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1553LETTER TO MARTIN BARON
about 2006-2007 (age 27 to 29) BEST GUESS
LETTERS, FLYERS, PRINTOUTS AND RECORDS
An envelope Tom addressed by hand to Martin Baron, then editor of The Boston Globe, kept with printed pages of a 2006 email Tom wrote.
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MEMORABILIA FROM THIS STORY
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What the words mean: PROVED a date or a dated book proves it. BEST GUESS our best reading, not yet proved. TOM SAID Tom's own word. LIKELY strong clues, not yet proved. NOT PROVED an estimate from the pieces around it. NOT SURE the sources disagree. No word: the card gives none yet. "About 1996-2002" means somewhere in those years; the piece is shown once, in the middle year.