Tom's story: 2016
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2016 — Tom was 37 and 38
17 pieces on this year: 2 dated to this year · 11 from a range of years, shown here in the middle · 4 made this year or later.
DATED TO 2016
1572BASES - Best Baseball Stat Ever by Brian Rainstorm (Book) With Songs For A Lady First Demo CD-R
2016 (age 37 or 38) PROVED
PRINTED BOOKS, BINDERS AND NOTEBOOKS
Tom's printed book BASES - best baseball stat ever, written as Brian Rainstorm and dated April 13, 2016, kept with a Memorex CD-R of his first Songs for a Lady demo, marked first demo 4th copy in sharpie.
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1085BASES
2016 (age 37 or 38) BEST GUESS
PRINTED BOOKS, BINDERS AND NOTEBOOKS
A printed prototype of Tom's book BASES, a baseball book written under his pen name Brian Rainstorm.
ABOUT 2016: FROM A RANGE OF YEARS, SHOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE
1657BRIAN RAINSTORM ARTICLES BOOK BY TOM JENSEN
about 2016-2017 (age 38)
PRINTED BOOKS, BINDERS AND NOTEBOOKS
A printed perfect-bound paperback of BRIAN RAINSTORM ARTICLES, collecting the articles Tom wrote under his pen name Brian Rainstorm for brianrainstorm.com up to March 2017, with an index, blank lined notes pages and a red-arrow maze cover.
the card says: printed at age 38
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1152ALL THE VOICES IN MY HEAD ARE FINALLY SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER AGAIN - BRIAN RAINSTORM QUOTE CARD
about 2014-2018 (age 35 to 40) BEST GUESS
LOOSE LYRICS, ONE-LINERS AND RHYME WORD BANKS
A hand-lettered quote card in black marker on torn white card, "all the voices in my head are finally speaking to each other again", signed Brian Rainstorm, about 2014-2018.
the card says: about 2014-2018 (age 36 to 40)
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1160SWIPE LEFT, BITCH! / MARIJUANA IS MY DEFAULT SETTING - T-SHIRT SLOGAN SKETCHES
about 2014-2018 (age 35 to 40) BEST GUESS
ART BY TOM
Two torn steno-pad sheets in marker, one a red T-shirt outline lettered SWIPE LEFT, Bitch! in black, the other the slogan MARIJUANA IS MY DEFAULT SETTING in red, about 2014-2018.
the card says: about 2014-2018 (age 36 to 40)
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852This is wHAT TV MADE
about 2015-2017 (age 36 to 39) BEST GUESS
LOOSE LYRICS, ONE-LINERS AND RHYME WORD BANKS
Tom's handwritten pencil one-liner "This is what TV made, I just violated you with my imagination," on lined notebook paper, with the note "Trump -> Hilary -> Obama" written upside down at the bottom.
the card says: written about 2015 to 2017 (age 36 to 39)
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590I go outside it's fucking freezing
about 2012-2020 (age 34 to 41) - an estimate NOT PROVED
POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's previously unpublished handwritten lyric draft I GO OUTSIDE IT'S FUCKING FREEZING, in pencil on a sheet of spiral-notebook paper, a satirical rant about being sent to prison on trumped-up charges of treason.
the card says: written at about age 34 to 41 - an estimate
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594SERVED
about 2012-2020 (age 34 to 41) - an estimate NOT PROVED
POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's previously unpublished handwritten poem SERVED by Tom Jensen, in blue ink across two sheets of lined notebook paper with 'Second' noted in the margin, opening with being handed twenty pounds in a ten pound bag.
the card says: written at about age 34 to 41 - an estimate
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844Connect, control and kill
about 2012-2020 (age 34 to 41) - an estimate NOT PROVED
POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten two-line poem "Connect, control and kill / The virus is spreading still," on a full sheet of lined notebook paper; previously unpublished.
the card says: written at about age 34 to 41 - an estimate
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845Arrogent yet insecure I choose victimhood over failure
about 2012-2020 (age 34 to 41) - an estimate NOT PROVED
POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten short poem beginning "Arrogant yet insecure I choose victimhood over failure," about becoming self-aware, with his crossings-out, on a sheet of lined notebook paper torn from a spiral; previously unpublished.
the card says: written at about age 34 to 41 - an estimate
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846don't marry opinions marry facts
about 2012-2020 (age 34 to 41) - an estimate NOT PROVED
POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten short poem "don't marry opinions marry facts / That's what Jill said to Jack," on a sheet of lined notebook paper with a torn top edge; previously unpublished.
the card says: written at about age 34 to 41 - an estimate
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1564SONGS BY TOM
about 2012-2020 (age 34 to 41) - an estimate NOT PROVED
PRINTED BOOKS, BINDERS AND NOTEBOOKS
Tom's printed book SONGS BY TOM in a purple cover with a black mask, with a preface naming Tom-a-Roake, The Thrift Store and The Sanctuary and pages of comments collected directly off his song videos.
the card says: written at about age 34 to 41 - an estimate
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1939POEM LIST
about 2014-2018 (age 35 to 40)
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A set of printed pages giving the alphabetical list of Tom's poem titles, from A to Z, headed POEM LIST by hand and with titles such as INVISIBLE PRISON and Zeroes added in his writing.
the card says: about 2014-2018 (age 35 to 40)
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MADE IN 2016 OR LATER
These carry a first possible date (a print date, a date on the paper). They may be later.
1144BASES: BEST BASEBALL STAT EVER BY BRIAN RAINSTORM
April 2016 or later (age 37 or older) PROVED
PRINTED BOOKS, BINDERS AND NOTEBOOKS
A printed green paperback, BASES: Best Baseball Stat Ever by Brian Rainstorm, a prototype book ranking Major League players by one number, April 2016 or later (age 37 or older).
the card says: made at age 37 or later
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1089BASES 3rd copy
April 2016 or later (age 37 or older)
PRINTED BOOKS, BINDERS AND NOTEBOOKS
A printed copy of Tom's green-covered baseball book BASES, published under his pen name Brian Rainstorm, labeled the 3rd copy.
the card says: printed at age 37
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1090BASES 4th copy
April 2016 or later (age 37 or older)
PRINTED BOOKS, BINDERS AND NOTEBOOKS
A printed copy of Tom's green-covered baseball book BASES, published under his pen name Brian Rainstorm, labeled the 4th copy.
the card says: printed at age 37
1583Bases: Best Baseball Stat Ever
April 2016 or later (age 37 or older)
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's green paperback book BASES - best baseball stat ever, written under his pen name Brian Rainstorm, kept in a plastic sleeve; never before published elsewhere.
the card says: printed at age 37
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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.