Tom's story: 2024
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2024 — Tom was 45 and 46
40 pieces on this year: 3 dated to this year · 11 from a range of years, shown here in the middle · 26 written by this year at the latest.
DATED TO 2024
1742SET LISTS 1 TO 23
printed in autumn 2024 (age 46)
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
Tom's printed set list pages giving the song titles for his set lists 3 to 24, such as SET LIST 4 opening with MARRIED TO SOMETHING ELSE and REHAB; the lists behind 34 Albums, The November 2024 Collection and Revised 31 Albums With Index.
the card says: printed in autumn 2024
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1762SET LISTS 10/05/2024
October 2024 (age 46)
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
Tom's set list sheets dated 10/05/2024, listing the songs in each of his set lists (SET LIST 1 opens with PUZZLE PIECES, SET LIST 2 with HIVE MIND), with his handwritten notes and boxes.
the card says: the set list sheets are dated October 2024 (10/05/2024 and 10/18/2024)
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110631 ALBUMS book
2024 (age 45 or 46) BEST GUESS
PRINTED BOOKS, BINDERS AND NOTEBOOKS
Tom's spiral-bound book 31 ALBUMS - 120 Songs Made So Far With Lyrics For 300 More!, dated November 28, 2024, opening with his note on hearing Bob Dylan's Like A Rolling Stone.
ABOUT 2024: FROM A RANGE OF YEARS, SHOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE
1627RATED R · on the adults-only pages
160231 ALBUM
about 2022-2026 (age 43 to 48) BEST GUESS
ART BY TOM
Tom's promotional collage 31 ALBUM of his album covers, announcing 120 songs made so far with lyrics for 300 more, kept with a typed thank-you letter; never before published.
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1636COLLABORHYTHM / COLLABTUNES
about 2022-2026 (age 43 to 48) BEST GUESS
NOTES, PLANS AND BUSINESS PAPERS
Tom's handwritten pitch flyer for his Collaborhythm and Collabtunes music ideas, a sheet folded into a two-sided flyer with a hand-drawn smiley face in the middle - one side offers his albums of lyrics waiting for musicians, the other his albums of songs made with YouTubers from around the world.
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1637WHAT'S ON COLLABTUNES?
about 2022-2026 (age 43 to 48) BEST GUESS
NOTES, PLANS AND BUSINESS PAPERS
Tom's large handwritten planning sheet in black marker headed WHAT'S ON COLLABTUNES?, listing the pages and features he planned for his collabtunes.com website, folded and creased.
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1639PLAN A
about 2022-2026 (age 43 to 48) BEST GUESS
NOTES, PLANS AND BUSINESS PAPERS
Tom's handwritten PLAN A music business notes in blue ink on one lined sheet torn from a pad, laying out his idea of taking over a physical location, bringing in singers and musicians online and live to turn his words into songs, and then touring.
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1640TOM'S TOP TWENTY / LADY WEAVER
about 2022-2026 (age 43 to 48) BEST GUESS
CDS, CD-RS AND CASSETTES
Five of Tom's handwritten black-marker business-plan sheets: a diagram 'Take over a physical location / Linked with online location', 'LINK - take online input ... create interactive song making platform', and three 'Revenue Streams' sheets (real life people at the location, sponsorships via YouTube, sell CDs and lyric books, link with the Rock N' Roll Hotel, 'Create a Brand & Culture', 'start with my lyrics, Lady Weaver songs, Mary Cigarettes songs', website with ads, YouTube channel, song writing contest, sell T-shirts and bumper stickers).
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1641LYRIC WEAVER
about 2022-2026 (age 43 to 48) BEST GUESS
NOTES, PLANS AND BUSINESS PAPERS
Tom's hand-drawn website mockup for LYRIC WEAVER in black marker on lined notebook paper, with sketched menu buttons, a drawn face, and attached notes about his 372 poems and songs and a poem or song every day for a year.
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1649THE SHIT SHOW
about 2022-2026 (age 43 to 48)
LOOSE LYRICS, ONE-LINERS AND RHYME WORD BANKS
Tom's handwritten draft of a dark satirical spoken-word piece opening Well it's finally time to start the shit show, taking aim at news events and official stories, on loose notebook paper with the word DONUTS written large on a second sheet.
the card says: about 2022-2026 (age 43 to 48)
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1749WHAT'S ON COLLABTUNES?
about 2022-2026 (age 43 to 48) BEST GUESS
NOTES, PLANS AND BUSINESS PAPERS
Tom's printed Collabtunes business pitch pages about turning his song collaborations into a live venue with online participation, kept with a grey WHAT'S ON COLLABTUNES? sheet.
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1745Hive Mind
about 2023-2026 (age 44 to 48) BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
Tom's printed song summary pages describing what his songs are about, such as HIVE MIND, TIME BOMB, TRAFFIC and TABLE FOR TWO, on white printer paper.
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1748COLLABRHYTHM COLLABTUNES.COM
about 2024-2025 (age 45 to 47) LIKELY
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's printed COLLABRHYTHM / COLLABTUNES.COM pitch pages, about his 120 songs made with singers and musicians worldwide and his idea to take it to a live venue with an online audience, with a hand-drawn diagram on lined notebook paper.
the card says: about 2024-2025 (age 45 to 47)
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1754COLLABRHYTHM
about 2024-2025 (age 45 to 47) LIKELY
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's printed COLLABRHYTHM / COLLABTUNES.COM pitch pages for a live collaborative songwriting venue, with a lined notebook sheet carrying two handwritten lines.
the card says: about 2024-2025 (age 45 to 47)
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WRITTEN BY 2024 AT THE LATEST
A book dated 2024 holds these words, so they were written by then. They may be much older.
1730RATED X · on the adults-only pages
1495GROOVE BACK II SONG 55
written by November 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older
POEMS IN THE 34 ALBUMS
Tom's typed lyric sheet for GROOVE BACK II - SONG 55 from the 34 Albums, a song about not wanting to know too much about your heroes, with his handwritten note in blue ink in the margin; published in The November 2024 Collection (2024) and 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026).
the card says: written by November 2024 at the latest (age 46)
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1735I pretend my hate comes from a
about 2022 to November 2024 (age 43 to 46)
POEMS IN THE 34 ALBUMS
Tom's handwritten lyric I pretend my hate comes from a noble place, in black and red ink on two white sheets, an angry protest verse about war, religion and taxes, followed by The mask they wear is falling; in 34 Albums and The November 2024 Collection.
the card says: about 2022 to November 2024 (age 43 to 46) - names 'coach Zelinsky' (the Ukraine war, 2022 on); in 34 Albums (April 2026)
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1761READTOM.COM PLANNING SHEETS
written by November 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older
NOTES, PLANS AND BUSINESS PAPERS
Tom's stack of handwritten and printed planning sheets for readtom.com and his blogs, with a numbered set-up list, a chapter draft and the printed lyric FREE SPEECH (set list 18, track 4, in 34 Albums).
the card says: written by age 46 at the latest
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2011RATED X · on the adults-only pages
1562BINDER - 'NEW STUFF FOLDER'
written by November 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
PRINTED BOOKS, BINDERS AND NOTEBOOKS
Tom's clear-front presentation binder NEW STUFF FOLDER, with his handwritten contents index on the cover sheet and printed sections of his articles, baseball and basketball writing, a San Francisco business plan, favorite quotes, pick-up lines, a script and new poems, plus handwritten lyrics signed with his pen name Brian Rainstorm.
the card says: written by age 46 at the latest
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1635MASTER SONG CATALOG INDEX CARDS
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
Dozens of Tom's small printed cardstock cards of his song lists and set lists for the 34 Albums, from SONG LIST 1 with Knowing the Know onward.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2012ZIONATION SET LIST 23
written by November 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed song list rolled into a scroll with a rubber band for Tom's 34 Scrolls project - ZIONATION, set list 23, Kayfabe through Find the Truth - with his torn handwritten 34 Scrolls label.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2013INHERENT ABSENCE
written by November 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, rolled with a rubber band, of the updated track list for Tom's album 22, INHERENT ABSENCE (Another Epic Poem, Stars and Strangers, Tony's Song and on), with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2014RATED R · on the adults-only pages
2016SET LIST TWELVE
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, rolled with a rubber band, of Tom's SET LIST TWELVE - Bite of the Apple, Empty Eyes, On the Rocks, Smitty's Anthem, Victim of Fate, Dora - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2018SET LIST TWENTY
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, rolled with a rubber band, of Tom's SET LIST TWENTY - Undefeated, Dying Day, Fields of Time, Running Free, New Sight, Right By Sight, Off the Road, Rock Star Dreams - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2019SET LIST EIGHTEEN (18)
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, rolled inside a clear plastic tube with a rubber band, of Tom's SET LIST EIGHTEEN - Gauging Time, Battle Cry, Free Speech, Beast, Flicker, Hidden Evils, Patching the Hole, Enemy of This State, Building a Castle - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2023TEN PERCENT TOM
written by November 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, rolled with a rubber band, of Tom's SET LIST TWENTY ONE, TEN PERCENT TOM - Shell, Ten Percent Tom, Uh, That's Christmas Nana, Man Enough, Never Expect It, Partner in Crime, Hurting Her Knees and Pride - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2024SET LIST SIXTEEN
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, rolled with a rubber band, of Tom's SET LIST SIXTEEN - Hypocrites, Tom's Psalm, Lost and Found, Triangle, Crystal Ball, Walking Paradox, How and When, Kneeling, Best Left, Chronicle - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2027SET LIST FIFTEEN (15)
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, rolled with a rubber band, of Tom's SET LIST FIFTEEN - Shield, Story of My Life, Floating Head, Come to Me, Flim Flam Man, Other Times, Solving Problems, Messy Room, Monarch, Hot Magazines - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2029SET LIST TEN (10)
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, wrapped in plastic with a rubber band, of Tom's SET LIST TEN - History to Me, Pushing the Button, Heresy Speaks No Evil, Obamafication, Shadow Boxing, Picture Something Nice, Call It Fate, Pardon Me, Birthright, Shades, Intellectual Property - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2031SET LIST FOURTEEN
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, rolled with a rubber band, of Tom's SET LIST FOURTEEN - Tears of Trust, Paper Thin, Cutie Pie, Aum... What She Said... Um, Night Light, Synergy, Making a Killing, Monuments - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2033SET LIST ELEVEN
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, wrapped around a clear plastic tube with a rubber band, of Tom's SET LIST ELEVEN - Love It or Leave It, Groovy Gravy, Devil's Friend, Disciple of Dirt, Moth, Insomnia, Thick Skin, Time's Up - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2034SET LIST NINE
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, rolled with a rubber band, of Tom's SET LIST NINE - We Are the Ones, Friend, Speak, Applied Faith, Slip Stream, Sides, Invisible Prison - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2035SET LIST FOUR (4)
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, wrapped in plastic with a rubber band, of Tom's SET LIST FOUR - Married to Something Else, Watering the Weeds, Rest in Peace, Downward Spiral, Rat Park, Rehab, Something in My Genes, Alcohol, Empty Bottle, Fix Your Own Friends - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2036SET LIST FIVE (5)
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, rolled with a rubber band, of Tom's SET LIST FIVE - Mic Drop, One Night Stand, Meet Michael Hawk, There It Goes, Living Large, No Thanks Babe, Look Her Up, Hideaway, In a Jiffy - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2039SET LIST SEVENTEEN (17)
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, wrapped in clear plastic, of Tom's SET LIST SEVENTEEN - Point of Reference, Cello, That's That, Beware of the Snoogins, Dot Dot Space, Flyswatter of Love, Time's Up, Sunday Morning Sex, Behave, Spreading the Word, Tired, Actress - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2040SET LIST THREE
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, wrapped in plastic with a rubber band, of Tom's SET LIST THREE - Advice, F the W, Another, the Spot, Night Light, The Watcher, Dance Floor, Fences - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2041SET LIST SIX (6)
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, rolled with a rubber band, of Tom's SET LIST SIX - Expired, Face to Face, Cry Me a River, Nothing at All, Matches to Burn, Heart Strings, Endless Chorus, Nameless, Below Zero - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2042SET LIST SEVEN
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, wrapped in plastic with a rubber band, of Tom's SET LIST SEVEN - Corey Story, Daddy Taught Me, Shadow of Smoke, Wheat and Chaff, Midas Touch, Sniper's Song, Quest for Immortality, Innocence Lost - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2043SET LIST EIGHT (8)
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, rolled around a pen, of Tom's SET LIST EIGHT - Thirty Seconds, Pretty Fountains, Playing Chess, Sky and Light, Descartes, I Am, Timeless to Ten, Listen, Fear, Down - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2044SET LIST TWO (2)
written by October 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, rolled in clear plastic, of Tom's SET LIST TWO - Rest in Power, B.F.T., Hive Mind, Unwinnable, Traffic, Status Quo Woes, Rival, Violence Is Their Solution, Paradigms - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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2045SET LIST ONE (1)
written by November 2024 at the latest (age 46) - it may be older BEST GUESS
SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A printed scroll, rolled with a rubber band, of Tom's SET LIST ONE, the first of his 34 albums - Puzzle Pieces, Exit the Sandman, Daylight Again, Pen and Paper, Have Not, Climbing the Ladder, Ex-Poem, Rain, Twisting the Knife, My Precious, Let Me In - with a torn lined note reading 34 Scrolls.
the card says: written between age 46 and 48
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