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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 Contact:Questions, comments, ideas, suggestions? Leave a comment or email us at the obvious address at gmail (no spaces or underscores). Or follow us on Twitter. This episode Download Link. Subscribe via iTunes using:direct link iTunes Store Listing Or Subscribe via RSS in a podcatcher of your choice using these feeds:http://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss RSShttp://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default ATOMhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/GettingThinky FeedBurner RSS License:Creative Commons license: Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

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 Contact:Questions, comments, ideas, suggestions? Leave a comment or email us at the obvious address at gmail (no spaces or underscores). Or follow us on Twitter. This episode Download Link. Subscribe via iTunes using:direct link iTunes Store Listing Or Subscribe via RSS in a podcatcher of your choice using these feeds:http://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss RSShttp://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default ATOMhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/GettingThinky FeedBurner RSS License:Creative Commons license: Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

*updated to fix sound quality issues 11/21/2010* 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 Credits: Jonathan Coulton - Kennesaw Mountain Landis Hank Green cover of Looking For Alaska by Liane Graham Contact: Questions, comments, ideas, suggestions? Leave a comment or email us at the obvious address at gmail (no spaces or underscores). Or follow us on Twitter. This episode Download Link. Subscribe via iTunes using: direct link iTunes Store Listing Or Subscribe via RSS in a podcatcher of your choice using these feeds: http://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss RSS http://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default ATOM http://feeds.feedburner.com/GettingThinky FeedBurner RSS License: Creative Commons license: Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

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 Credits: Dr. Noise cover of Exterminate Regenerate by Chameleon Circuit Hank Green - People Who Love Giraffes Hank Green - Crime Dramas Suck   Contact:  Questions, comments, ideas, suggestions? Leave a comment or email us at the obvious address at gmail (no spaces or underscores). Or follow us on Twitter. This episode Download Link.   Subscribe via iTunes using: direct link  iTunes Store Listing Or Subscribe via RSS in a podcatcher of your choice using these feeds: http://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss  RSS http://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default ATOM http://feeds.feedburner.com/GettingThinky FeedBurner RSS   License:Creative Commons license: Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

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. Music Genres Throughout History 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 References: "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 Participants: Kellen, Kaiti, Jimmy Credits: Jonathan Coulton - Big Bad World One Josh Woodward - A Song Josh Woodward - Big Disco Ball Questions, comments, ideas, suggestions? Leave a comment or email us at the obvious address at gmail (no spaces or underscores). Subscribe via iTunes using: direct link  iTunes Store Listing Or Subscribe via

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. References: 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  Participants: Kellen, Kaiti, Jimmy, and Andrew Credits: Jamison Young's Solar System Jonathan Coulton's The Future Soon Questions, comments, ideas, suggestions? Leave a comment or email us at the obvious address at gmail (no spaces or underscores). Subscribe via iTunes using: direct link  iTunes Store Listing Or Subscribe via RSS using these feeds: http://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss  RSS http://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default ATOM http://feeds.feedburner.com/GettingThinky FeedBurner RSS License:Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0