Comments on: Woody Guthrie's New Year's Resolutions 1942 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 18:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: hcovitz http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1302158 hcovitz Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1302158 Slightly bigger jpg http://hannamade.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/tumblr_lgbl39omaf1qclnauo1_1280.jpg Slightly bigger jpg http://hannamade.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/tumblr_lgbl39omaf1qclnauo1_1280.jpg

]]> By: Becky Wilson http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1302090 Becky Wilson Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1302090 According to Lists of Note ( http://www.listsofnote.com/2011/12/new-years-rulins.html), it's from The Woody Guthrie Foundation. According to Lists of Note (
http://www.listsofnote.com/2011/12/new-years-rulins.html), it’s from The Woody Guthrie Foundation.

]]> By: HogeyeGrex http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301462 HogeyeGrex Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301462 Hmm. Cuts off right before the infamous New Years Rulin' 34. Hmm. Cuts off right before the infamous New Years Rulin’ 34.

]]> By: usuallyconfused http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301433 usuallyconfused Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301433 Posts like these are the reason that Boing Boing continues to be " A Directory of Wonderful Things"   Thanks. Posts like these are the reason that Boing Boing continues to be ” A Directory of Wonderful Things”
 
Thanks.

]]> By: Monica http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301397 Monica Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301397 Yes, Mary Esta Jennings was his first wife. Yes, Mary Esta Jennings was his first wife.

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301396 jimh Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301396 KEEP HOPING MACHINE RUNNING I also like MID DLE OF BO OK at the top KEEP HOPING MACHINE RUNNING

I also like
MID DLE
OF
BO OK
at the top

]]> By: Marko Raos http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301344 Marko Raos Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301344 "wash teeth if any" wonderful! “wash teeth if any”
wonderful!

]]> By: psulli http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301323 psulli Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301323 He even wrote lists that read lyrical. He even wrote lists that read lyrical.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301317 dculberson Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301317 Wow, I think you have perfected the art of the back-handed compliment.  Congrats, you must be a huge hit at parties. Wow, I think you have perfected the art of the back-handed compliment.  Congrats, you must be a huge hit at parties.

]]> By: Tommer Peterson http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301311 Tommer Peterson Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301311  Mark. Can you share the source of this?  I am interested in chasing down rights to publish it elsewhere. Thanks!  Mark. Can you share the source of this?  I am interested in chasing down rights to publish it elsewhere. Thanks!

]]> By: GP http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301309 GP Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301309 work more and better, work by a schedule, eat healthy, look good, read loads, write a song a day... All this sounds very familiar. I never realized to-do lists could come with 75% of the tasks already pre-printed.  Now that I do perhaps I can tick off  my own # 61: invent something that will make me rich... work more and better, work by a schedule, eat healthy, look good, read loads, write a song a day… All this sounds very familiar. I never realized to-do lists could come with 75% of the tasks already pre-printed. 

Now that I do perhaps I can tick off  my own # 61: invent something that will make me rich…

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301300 Nash Rambler Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301300 I'm wondering if #30, "Love Pete," refers to Pete Seeger?  They both would have been in the Almanac Singers around that time.  #33, "Wake Up and Fight," is probably a direct reference to WWII - the bombing of Pearl Harbor would have occured just a few weeks before this was penned. I’m wondering if #30, “Love Pete,” refers to Pete Seeger?  They both would have been in the Almanac Singers around that time.  #33, “Wake Up and Fight,” is probably a direct reference to WWII – the bombing of Pearl Harbor would have occured just a few weeks before this was penned.

]]> By: SteveKiwi http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301292 SteveKiwi Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301292 I'm going to use this list for 2012. I’m going to use this list for 2012.

]]> By: Bruce Liles http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301287 Bruce Liles Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301287 http://ghostofwoodyguthrie.blogspot.com http://ghostofwoodyguthrie.blogspot.com

]]> By: Hunter Peress http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301243 Hunter Peress Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301243 Finally. An interesting, cute tidbit that's not ultra-weird counter culture, ultra heady literary stuff, or Doctorow pimpin' his book. Finally. An interesting, cute tidbit that’s not ultra-weird counter culture, ultra heady literary stuff, or Doctorow pimpin’ his book.

]]> By: BijouxBoy http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301237 BijouxBoy Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301237 You Guthrie fans will know this, but is Mary his ex missus? Way down at #24? You Guthrie fans will know this, but is Mary his ex missus? Way down at #24?

]]> By: carlos benjamin walker http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301225 carlos benjamin walker Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301225 reminds me of <a href="http://www.trueguitarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Monks-Rules.jpg" rel="nofollow">monk's rules</a>, my favorites being: - what should we wear? sharp as possible! - make the drummer sound good and of course - dont play the piano part, im playing that. - they tried to get me to hate white poeple, but someone always would always come along and spoil it! reminds me of monk’s rules, my favorites being:

- what should we wear? sharp as possible!
- make the drummer sound good

and of course

- dont play the piano part, im playing that.
- they tried to get me to hate white poeple, but someone always would always come along and spoil it!

]]> By: parrotboy http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301218 parrotboy Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301218 Somehow 'bed clothes' just sounds so much cooler than 'sheets'. Somehow ‘bed clothes’ just sounds so much cooler than ‘sheets’.

]]> By: justinfwest http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301203 justinfwest Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301203 i love "wake up and fight" i love “wake up and fight”

]]> By: bill barminski http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301200 bill barminski Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301200 penmanship is a lost art.  When you see his note book you see this type of perfect art form.  and "don't get lonesome"  well, that makes you feel lonesome just to read it. penmanship is a lost art.  When you see his note book you see this type of perfect art form. 

and “don’t get lonesome”  well, that makes you feel lonesome just to read it.

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301171 millie fink Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301171 Something to do with a motorcy . . . cle? (If so, I thought that was a list of things he DIDN'T want to do. . . ) Something to do with a motorcy . . . cle?

(If so, I thought that was a list of things he DIDN’T want to do. . . )

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301169 millie fink Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301169 "Learn people better."  Damn straight. “Learn people better.” 

Damn straight.

]]> By: Manoj Nair http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301163 Manoj Nair Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301163 The list has some funny and some thought provoking items. Good collection. The list has some funny and some thought provoking items. Good collection.

]]> By: captainjesse http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301120 captainjesse Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301120 I think his penmanship could be influenced by his occupation as a sign painter. I think his penmanship could be influenced by his occupation as a sign painter.

]]> By: legotech http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301111 legotech Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301111 Arlo likes to tell stories about his dad writing, they have TONS of stuff he's written that they are starting to set to music...from Arlo's stories, I think "write a song a day" is something he didn't have to work on...Arlo likes to say that Woody would write constantly, papers, notebooks, placemats, napkins, tablecloths, pillowcases, people if they didn't move fast enough :) Is this from a cache of Woody's writings posted someplace? Arlo likes to tell stories about his dad writing, they have TONS of stuff he’s written that they are starting to set to music…from Arlo’s stories, I think “write a song a day” is something he didn’t have to work on…Arlo likes to say that Woody would write constantly, papers, notebooks, placemats, napkins, tablecloths, pillowcases, people if they didn’t move fast enough :)

Is this from a cache of Woody’s writings posted someplace?

]]> By: teufelsdrochk http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301100 teufelsdrochk Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301100 Mate, simply put: this is why I come here.  Love Guthrie, and here's a pic which illuminates both the everyday live of Woody, and the everyday life of me.  Mate, simply put: this is why I come here. 

Love Guthrie, and here’s a pic which illuminates both the everyday live of Woody, and the everyday life of me. 

]]> By: Mitchell Glaser http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301095 Mitchell Glaser Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301095 What terrific penmanship! I would never have guessed. What terrific penmanship! I would never have guessed.

]]> By: darnY http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301091 darnY Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301091 Wake up and fight. Wake up and fight.

]]> By: HOTDAMN http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301085 HOTDAMN Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301085 WAKE UP AND FIGHT! WAKE UP AND FIGHT!

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/woody-guthries-new-years-r.html#comment-1301082 Brainspore Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135106#comment-1301082 Years later his son Arlo wrote a list of things he wanted to do but it only had one goal. (Hint: not a pickle.) Years later his son Arlo wrote a list of things he wanted to do but it only had one goal. (Hint: not a pickle.)

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