1440: |
number of minutes in a day (AMWY) |
3CG:
|
Three Car Garage; album title, 1998 |
77th Street: |
street address where budding Hanson romance took root
("Stories," MMMBop and 3CG) |
Albertane:
|
Capital City on Mars |
Album
X: |
possible album title (Yahoo Chat, 10/99) |
AMWY:
|
A Minute Without You (Often mistakenly listed as "Minute
Without You") |
Betsy: |
Zac's dirtbike; a derivative of the often used "bessie"
for a cowboy's horse. |
Blue Rose Cafe: |
local establishment in Tulsa where band held early performances in
the parking lot since they were not legally able to enter the premises due to underage
drinking laws |
Boomerang: |
name of Hanson's first independent album, released locally in
hometown (Tulsa, OK); 1995 |
Clarke: |
Isaac and his father’s shared first name |
come
on: |
enthusiastic cry of joy |
Dr. Food: |
Hanson's personal cook and regular recipe contributor to
their quarterly magazine, MOE. |
Dr.
Pepper: |
"It’s one of the sweeter colas." (Zac Hanson, Rolling
Stone 11/99) |
Dr. Spank: |
collaborator on sophomore album |
Dr. of Treeology: |
Isaac Hanson's alter-ego on TT&MON; director of ground-breaking
documentary on the California Redwood |
fanson:
|
fan of Hanson (hansonline) |
Han
Hydro, Luke SkyWater, Obi Wan Kagua: |
names the band gave themselves in a water war with the other tour
bus during the Albertane Tour (Isaac Hanson, RTA) |
hanson hotline: |
phone number where Hanson leaves wacky messages for their fans and
where, occasionally, fans can leave messages for the band (1-918-446-3979 or 1-900-957-597
for international callers) |
hansonline:
|
"hanson online" location of the band’s website
(www.hansonline.com) |
hansonopoly: |
hanson's official merchandiser where they have already begun to
purchase hotels on Board Walk and Park Place |
harry
connick: |
strange growth that may appear on a person’s neck or head
(Hanson in Canadian interview) |
IDJ: |
Island Def Jam; Hanson's current music label |
Ike: |
Isaac Hanson |
itz: |
convenient substitute for contraction "it’s" or
pronoun "its"; "itz newz" is a regular feature in MOE magazine that
includes recent highlights in the band's active life (I/T/Z: reference to initials of
all three band members) |
IWC2U
or IWCTY: |
I Will Come to You |
Jordan: |
Taylor’s first name |
LAY: |
Look at You |
LFA:
|
Live From Albertane; album title, 1998 |
Lucy: |
Peanut's character who is Linus's big sister; her unrequited love
for pianist, Schroeder, is the subject of the song entitled, "Lucy" on MON |
Mercury: |
1st rock from the sun; Hanson's original record label after
independent album releases |
MFM: |
Man from Milwaukee |
MMMBop:
|
an instant, a brief moment in time; name of second independent
album, released in hometown (Tulsa, OK); 1996 |
MOE
Man: |
cartoon drawn by Hanson and featured in quarterly publication, MOE
(friends include: MOE Hikan, MOE Hawk, and Slick Man) |
MOE: |
acronym for Middle of Everywhere; name of band’s fan club |
MOElennium: |
cheesy reference to Hansonizing "millennium" |
MOEments: |
moments (i.e. MOEments in Music from MOE) |
MON:
|
Middle of Nowhere; album title, 1997 |
MOrE:
|
pays homage to band’s fan club |
MTA: |
More Than Anything |
Paramus Park Malling: |
mauling by patrons of a moderately sized mall in Northern New Jersey
when the band performed a day after MON was released, May 1997 |
puff broccoli: |
even fans are not quite sure of the meaning of this bizarre phrase;
a dancing vegetable? rocker, sean coombs with lots of green hair? isaac hanson's
hallucination after eating healthy green finger food? (Isaac Hanson, RTA) |
RTA:
|
Road to Albertane; video title |
RushMOE: |
Mt. Rushmore's new name upon Hanson's arrival at this national
monument in South Dakota |
saxboy: |
saxophone player and Hanson collaborator (i.e. "Come on,
saxboy!" — Zac Hanson, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", SI) |
SI:
|
Snowed In; album title, 1997 |
Tay: |
Taylor Hanson (i.e. "Tay, kick one for Christmas, baby!"
— Isaac, "Run Run Rudolph", SI) |
TOY: |
Thinking of You |
TT&MON: |
Tulsa, Tokyo and the Middle of Nowhere; video title |
T-Town: |
Tulsa, Oklahoma; the band's hometown |
TTA: |
This Time Around; album title and single, 2000 |
wacky:
|
zany (i.e. "He's been talking to Mars, but I think he's
wacky." — Hanson, MFM) |
Walker: |
name of band’s father and Zachary’s middle name |
weird:
|
has the same meaning as "Zac" (from VH1 "Save the
Music") |
Wicket: |
name of Hanson’s puppy who has since gone to Heaven; also name
of Ewok in "Return of the Jedi" |
WTL: |
Where’s the Love |
WYIYD: |
With You in Your Dreams |
yellow
dox or yellow docs: |
yellow Doc Martens;
footwear made famous by Zac Hanson (Zac buys these shoes in a famous scene from
TT&MON) |
you:
|
most frequently used word on the band’s album, Middle of
Nowhere |
Zac: |
Zachary Hanson |
|
|
| Frequently
Misspelled/Misused Words |
interchangeable in MOE magazine, hansonline updates and hanson.net
posts |
Jonny: |
Johnny, Johny, etc. (i.e. Jonny Lang is incredible!) |
loose:
lose: |
free from anything that binds or restrains
misplace |
compliment:
complement: |
expression of praise
something that completes or makes perfect |
huras/harass: |
to trouble by repeated attacks |
seach/search: |
look through something carefully in order to find something missing
or lost |
single:
sin gal: |
a track from an album that is released for radio play, made into a
video and remixed
a girl without honor?
|
there:
their:
they’re: |
opposite of here
posessive form of them
contraction for "they are" |
ture/true: |
not contrary to fact |
wander:
wonder: |
roam
to speculate curiously |
which:
witch: |
what one?
a person (woman) who professes to practice magic |
|
|
| Frequently Used
Symbols |
|
:-D
;vD
=)
=o)
:o)
:)
;o) |
smiley |
