answer key

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 possessive 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
Album Dedications
MON:	And finally, our deepest thanks to the One who plants and waters and causes all things to grow, to Him in whom all things find their purpose. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. I Corinthians 1:28
SI:	We dedicate this album . . . mostly to Him who is our Light and our Hope While I am in the world, I am the light of the world. John 9:5
3CG:	We acknowledge Him, the Morningstar, who is our Hope . . . I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star. Revelation 22:16
LFA:	We want to thank Him who is the fulfiller of dreams, of more than we could ask or think, who is above all things. Thank you! Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us to him be glory . . . forever and ever! Ephesians 3:20-21
TTA:	And finally, most of all, thanks to the Light Giver, who always casts out fear, and overcomes. You, O Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. Psalm 18:28 Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall. Psalm 55:22

Frequently Used Symbols
:-D ;vD =) =o) :o) :) ;o)	smiley