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Interested In:
Friends, Activity Partners
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Member Since:
Aug 2003
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Hometown:
Andover, MA
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Henning's URL:
http://profiles.friendster.com/1731866
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Occupation:
Musician
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What I enjoy doing:
Music, Photography, Film, Art
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Favorite Books:
Vonnegut, Nicholsson Baker, many more
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Favorite Movies:
Secrets and Lies, Close Encounters, Midnight Run, JFK, Joe Vs. The Volcano, Quick Change, The Jerk, The Year My Voice Broke, The Ice Storm, Rushmore
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Favorite Music:
Paul Simon, Jane Siberry, XTC, REM, Harry Nilsson, Suzanne Vega, VU, TMBG, Elvis Costello, Randy Newman, Kate Bush, Bob Dylan, Robyn Hitchcock, Fountains of Wayne, Thane Thomsen, Lo Fine, The Police, Syd Barrett, the list goes on forever
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Favorite TV Shows:
Freaks and Geeks, Simpsons, Trigger Happy TV, Daily Show, Insomniac, Conan
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About Me:
Me? I'm a songwriter and performer. I have a band called
School for the Dead and I'm in a band called The Fawns. I
used to be in Humbert, The Aloha Steamtrain, The
Greenbergs, and The Gay Potatoes.
I like to take pictures of stuff.
I enjoy bagels.
I'm the Eye On Northampton.
I'm lanky.
Links:
The Living Rockumentary:
http://schoolforthedead.blogspot.com -----
Photo Gallery: http://www.schoolforthedead.com/gallery -----
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The Fawns:http://www.thefawns.com ------
School for the Dead: http://www.schoolforthedead.com -------
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hard, in the face. but that doesn't stop me from
thinking he is a great songwriter, musician,
arranger and photographer. i guess he's tall.
object continues to exist when it has
been removed from view", I read this
morning in an otherwise stuffy
education text-book, and it made me
think of "Henry". Hen's delightfully
off-kilter sense of the world and sense
of humor was all over that sentence. I
could see Hen chuckling to himself
about the idea of a fuddy-duddy
infant "not appreciating" that
something something something. Anyway,
it also reminded me of Henning because
he makes being weird something for
everyone to aspire to, and also because
he seamlessly marries two disparate
qualities: cynicism and innocence.
When Henry (Henning is a verb, am I
right folks?) joined Humbert, we
immediately became an "important band"
rather than simply being a weird band
with potential. Hen saw that potential
and decided (after much quiet pushiness
from yours truly), not unlike Macca, to
switch from guitar to bass and join us.
We (Anthony W. and myself) knew
immediately how musical Hank was
because this instrument switch was
flawless, effortless. Here was a great
bass player who had never really played
bass before. But then, Hank is a multi-
instrumentalist, and suddently we had
the range of a real band, like Wilco or
the Beach Boys. Also, a songwriter of
his caliber being only one third of a
band's song output guarantees not only
massive quantity, but also massive
quality - a winning combination!
It is sad for me to no longer be in a
band with Hee-Hee. Once I left the
Valley, he grew "sideboards" and
started to imbibe the occasional beer -
why wasn't I there for that? He once
taught me something I'll never forget:
He said, if you're playing a gig and
one of your bandmates makes a mistake
and messes up one of his parts, never
ever ever ever turn around and look at
him. It brings audience attention to
the mistake, it highlights a negative,
it shows up your mate, it just stinks.
It's also something I, no doubt, had
done before. But H. Wilhelm O. taught
me a lot about how to be more zen, more
calm, less of a dick - and his
fantastic record, Big Plans for
Underachievers is still in regular
rotation in my Walkman - about 7 years
since I first heard it.
'Ning, the Tall & Skinny Thing is not
only an original mind, a top-notch
songwriter and a gentle spirit, he's
done great work in dispelling the
general reputation that rock musicians
have of being wasted, rude, egotistical
and reckless. Cheers Henning!
ps...thanks for getting me into XTC
don't think there's anything musically
he could not attempt and master in a
short period of time. He hates his
voice but I wouldn't want anyone else
singing his songs. He opened my mind
to a lot of new music and to little
hobbies I can take up while watching
t.v. like making mobiles. I love his
fake laughs and I especially appreciate
all the encouragement he has given me
since I've known him.
descriptive and casually opinionated
writings and i will laugh out loud. i
enjoy that tremendously. i bet you
would laugh out loud at Henning too. i
admire his natural yet thought-
provoking writing style.
the whole world sing. He has a fake
dog but a real church's baby Jesus.
He's cool and funny, and he will be
nice and friendly to you, yes even you.
He talks a lot about getting punched
(and punching people) in the face,
but I'm pretty sure that's a load of
bunk.
big socks. he is the color orange, for
those of us with synesthesia. he likes
steak and beer and reads good books.
smart, some say. the funniest person on
earth, say others. you decide.