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Time management? Nah! It turns out we have a lot of venting to do about the screwed up nature of the college and university system in the United States. Enjoy our discussion turned extended rant!

Participants: Kellen, Grace, Kaiti

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What makes a good name? The story behind our names and what our names mean. Why do our names matter to us? How do we choose names for pets and objects? Why do we assign names to inanimate objects? What makes certain names popular? Do names go out of style? What are good nicknames? What makes comic book character names suitable? How do we pick online names?

Participants: Kaiti, Andrew, Jimmy

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What makes something a classic in literature? Who decides what's a Classic? Some weird hypothetical classic decision cases. Why can Classics get away with things non-Classics can't?

Participants: Kellen, Kaiti, Andrew

Jonathan Coulton - Kennesaw Mountain Landis

Hank Green cover of Looking For Alaska by Liane Graham

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What would you do if a zombie apocalypse struck? Giraffe Sex and Platypus noises are cool. The Japanese are our great overlords. Beware Batman if you own a Government agent Cat. What does any of that have to do with Television? Find out in today's episode of Getting Thinky!

No references today.

Participants:  Kellen, Kaiti, Jimmy, Andrew, and debuting Melissa and Grace

Dr. Noise cover of Exterminate Regenerate by Chameleon Circuit

Hank Green - People Who Love Giraffes

Hank Green - Crime Dramas Suck

 

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What Makes Music Great? - The history of music. Is music becoming too commercial? What are our favorite genres? Our most embarrassing music. Music that would make us walk out of a coffee shop if we heard it playing.

RENAISSANCE 1400-1600

BAROQUE 1600-1760

Rep 1) Cello Suite No. 1 - Johann Sebastian Bach

Rep 2) The Four Seasons - Antonio Vivaldi

CLASSICAL 1730-1820

Rep 1) Symphony 40 in G - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Rep 2) Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig van Beethoven

ROMANTIC 1815-1910

Rep 1) Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor - Johannes Brahms

Rep 2) Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 - Frédéric Chopin

FOLK 1840(Undefined), 1940s(Revival)-present

Rep 1) This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie

Rep 2) Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan

GOSPEL 1900-present

BLUES 1910-present

Rep 1) T'ain't Nobody's Business if I Do - Bessie Smith

Rep 2) Call It Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker

JAZZ 1910-Present

Origin) Blues • Folk

Rep 1) Feeling Good - Nina Simone (soulful singing)

Rep 2) Take Five - Dave Brubeck (pure instrumental)

COUNTRY 1920-Present

Origin) Folk • Gospel

SWING 1930-Present

Origin) Classical • Jazz

RHYTHM & BLUES 1940-Present (Note: Diff from R&B which reffers to Contemporary R&B)

Origin) Blues • Jazz • Gospel

DOO-WOP 1940-Present

Origin) Blues • Gospel • Folk • Swing • Rhythmn & Blues

ROCK & ROLL 1940s-Present

Origin) Blues • Gospel • Folk • Country • Swing • Rhythmn & Blues • Doo Wop

Rep 1) Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry (thundering energy)

Rep 2) - Elvis

TRADITIONAL POP 1950-Present

Origin) Swing

Rep 1) My Way - Frank Sinatra

Rep 2) My Favorite Things - Julie Andrews (ex. of broadway influence)

POP 1950-Present

Origin) Folk • Jazz• Doo Wop • Rock & Roll

ROCK 1950-Present

Origin) Folk • Country • Rock & Roll

Rep 1) Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (epic)

SOUL 1950-Present

Origin) Rhthm and Blues • Gospel • Doo-wop

Rep 1) Respect - Aretha Franklin

PSYCHADELIC 1960-Present (FOLK, ROCK, POP, SOUL)

FUNK 1960-Present

Origin) Rhythm and Blues • Blues • Jazz • Psychedelic

Rep 1) - James Brown

DISCO 1960-Present

Origin) Funk • Psychadelic • Pop • Rock • Classical • Gospel • Swing • Blues

HEAVY METAL 1960-Present

Origin) Blues • Rock • Psychadelic

REGGAE 1970-Present

Origin) Rhythm and Blues • Jazz • R&B • Soul

Rep 1) Three Little Birds - Bob Marley & the Wailers

Rep 2) I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash

HIP HOP 1970-Present

Origin) Blues • Jazz • Reggae

Rep 1) The Message - Grandmaster Flash (1st recording)

Rep 2) Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang (popularized term in lyrics)

PUNK 1970-Present

Origin) Rock & Roll • Folk

NEW WAVE1970-Present

Origin) Punk • Rock • Disco

R&B 1980-Present (CONTEMPORARY R&B)

Origin) Rhythm and Blues • Funk • Folk • Soul • Hip Hop • Pop • Disco

Rep 1) Billy Jean - Michael Jackson

ALTERNATIVE 1980-Present

Origin) Punk• New Wave

Rep 1) R.E.M.

Rep 2) The Cure

INDIE ROCK 1980-Present

Origin) Alternative • Punk

TECHNO 1980-Present

Origin) Disco • Funk

EMO 1980-Present

Origin) Punk • Indie Rock

"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:

THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED

FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD

WAS MUSIC"

As quoted in "Vonnegut's Blues For America" Sunday Herald (7 January 2006)

Relationship between Music and Language:

http://www.science20.com/science_20/did_music_evolve_language

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/68934/new_theories_on_language_shed_light.html?cat=4

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_origins_of_music

Why Americans Have Bad Rhythm

“If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.” - Louis Armstrong

Kellen, Kaiti, Jimmy

Jonathan Coulton - Big Bad World One

Josh Woodward - A Song

Josh Woodward - Big Disco Ball

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MBTI Personality Testing. Definitions. Temperaments. Introducing ourselves through our types. Relationships and types. Dominant functions, societal effects, and is this genetic? War of the Types. The types of Superheroes, TV Show characters, Politicians, and Literary Figures.

Wikipedia Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 

Good MBTI Self Test 

Explanation of MBTI Types at Personality Pathways 

Determining Your Type when you're on the Fence 

PersonalityTest.net Types 

1998 MBTI Frequency Statistics 

Keirsey Temperaments 

Presidential Candidates MBTI 

List of Types for Real and Fictional People 

-  Note that that last link isn't the one I mentioned during the podcast, but it's a pretty good list.  Looking through it, ISTJ's and INFJ's are pretty strong too.

Psychopath or an INTJ 

Kellen, Kaiti, Jimmy, and Andrew

Jamison Young's Solar System

Jonathan Coulton's The Future Soon

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Risks, Effects, Communication, Advertising, Security, Censorship, Brain Alteration, and Short Form vs Long Form Storytelling Online

Martin Buber's "I-It" Communication Theory

Long Tail

ColdPlay CSI:NY Ringtone Ad

History of AdCritic.com

Carl's Jr. Youtube Campaign

The Fiesta Movement Press Release

Fiesta Movement Youtube Channel

Most viewed Fiesta Movement Videos on Youtube

Fiesta TopGear Part 1 (start at 4:08 if you want to skip to the good stuff)

Fiesta TopGear Part 2

TrevorSpace

Google-China Showdown

Social Isolation and New Technology

The Internet Kill Switch

John Green on the Googlization of our Brains ands Long Form Narratives

Surprisingly Free Conversations Nicholas Carr on The effect the Internet has on our Brain

Nicholas Carr The Atlantic Article Is Google Making Us Stupid

Participants:Mari,  Kellen, Kaiti, Jimmy, and Andrew

Jonathan Coulton: Mandelbrot Set

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