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Music 201 - 02/16/06 - Period 7 - Class #11

Roster

Bernadette, Pip
Blank, Martin
Callisto
Carlyle, Boone
Carson, Bridge - TA's assistant
Chase, Angela
Crichton, John - TA
Ford, James
Gavin, Jake Jr
Hopeless-Savage, Skank Zero
McDonald, Lindsey
Mitchell, Cameron
O'Neill, Jack
Potter, Harry
Solo, Han
Stevens, Isobel
Sullivan, Chloe

Today's junk food of choice is deep fried food. There are piles of deep fried foods on the round table. What's actually inside? Well, that's open for interpretation. There'd definitely be some kind of deep fried Twinkie in there.

"Hey dudes. Sorry about ditching you last week. But I hear Little Boy Blue Eyes Dude did a most excellent job in teaching you about the music from the Uncharted Territories. It's Uncharted, so we don't really know what's out there.

But today we're gonna talk about a place that we do know a little bit about. The Rim. See, in one of the futures, people leave Earth and then go and live on planets somewhere else. And then there was this war where the central planets had a government who were all 'Dudes, let us tell you what to do!' and the Independents were all 'Make me!' and the government was all 'Kay.' And so they had this big, like, war and the Independents lost but still totally refused to go hang out with the pencil-pushing government geeks, so they kept moving out and out into the planets on the Rim. It was totally like pioneering the Old West like my good friend Mr Billy the Kid did.

Uh, anyway. On the Rim people are cut off a lot and they have to go back to the old ways of, like, using fiddles and pipes and woodwind stuff and guitars to make their music, because they don't have any of the high tech stuff. And it turns out that their music is a lot like the music you associate with the Wild West here on Earth. Here's an example."

Ted played an example of a ballad from the Rim.

"So you see, different types of music can repeat in a society as time goes on. What happens a few hundred years ago can go through a cycle and get popular again when the situation is right. This kinda gives the feeling that music gets popular depending on what the real world situation's like. A certain kind of music came about in the Wild West when people were lonely and traveling into the unknown. Then a few hundred years later, when people were doing the same thing, the same kind of music came out again with a few changes. So dudes. Music never dies. It just sorta lays low for a while."

Discussion: "Pick a type of music from the past or present and think about what you think it would take for that type of music to come back and be really popular again. What kind of real life stuff would have to be going on for people to identify with it and take it on as their own?"

Assignment: "You'll get your assignment grades back next week. I'm still waiting on a few more people to hand theirs in. If you get it in by next week, there's still a chance you can pass."

[OOC: Classes are open until Monday 6pm EST for commenting. I still don't have assignments from Jack and Han. Boone is excused for the project. Callisto and Zero have an extension. If you need one, drop Ted a voicemail or hop into his office hours. The extension will be until Thursday next week. After that, you flunk.]

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"Pick a type of music from the past or present and think about what you think it would take for that type of music to come back and be really popular again. What kind of real life stuff would have to be going on for people to identify with it and take it on as their own?"

"Well in the 70's during the whole disco thing, there were several disco revisions of classical music. It wasn't really good, but it was a revival of sorts."

"Um, in the 1950s, there was a folk music revival. They were protest singers that tried to inspire everyone by protesting against stuff like segregation, military draft, McCarthyism, blacklists, censorship, the cold war, nuclear fallout, and the whole "don't rock the boat" mindset of the time."

"Hm. I'm thinking a grunge come back would have to occur during a tumultuous, ever changing time in society. Nirvana and Pearl Jam came along near the turn of a century, when a new generation needed a voice. Of course, that generation was deemed slackers so a voice might've been too much energy. Still, I think there'd have to be another generation change to provoke a grunge come back."

After listening to several other people, Izzie grins. "What about music from the 1980s? Silly, glossy electronica stuff. I suppose there'd have to be an economic upswing, a decrease in world violence and just a general lack of taste in fashion."

"Big band music from the 40's was kind of revived in the 90's, right?" Angela contributes. "I think people liked the fashion. Plus, it sounds really good when you're in a good mood."

"For something like, say, folk music to come back, I think that we'd have to, for whatever reason, have to go back to the type of live music performance type of thing that was used in the olden times. Back before the was recorded music and any music you could hear would be played by local musicians. I think that the abillity to record and distribute music kind of did a number on all kinds of folk music."

"There was popular religious music waaaay back in the day, right? I'm thinking like, the 1800's. If there was some sort of massive religious movement that pushed it back to the forefront of people's lives, I bet the music would become popular again too."

Bridge decides not to mention anything about the fact that his past is actually anyone from this time's present.

"Okay, I think, like... in the future? If today's pop music were to be just as popular or if they were still churning out boybands and stuff? They'd have to be like, really commercialised. Concerned with the image of the band more than the sound, and the like."

Talk to Ted, dude.

"Welcome back, Professor," John says. "Everything okay now?"

"Sadly not, my good TA friend. Earl is nowhere to be seen, but Rufus says to hang out here and I'll hear something. Rufus is usually right. How'd the class go, dude? Sorry for dumping it on you at the last minute."

"Not a problem, sir," John says. "I'll be hoping Rufus brings good news. Only exciting event was that there was apparently a Twinkie thief in the class. I haven't figured out who just yet."

"Dude. A Twinkie thief? Did you call the police?"

"I didn't, sir," John says sheepishly. "I tried to catch him myself on Friday. Spread Twinkies around the perimeter in hopes I could catch him in the act. I saw someone but I don't know if it was the thief or something else."

"We'll totally have to try again tomorrow. If it's a Twinkie thief, he'll come back. No one can resist the lure of the sugary caked goodness."

"Good idea, sir. Twinkie theft is a most heinous crime and needs to be stopped," John says and nods. "Twinkies are to be shared, not stolen."

"Totally!"

Outside the classroom, a ~~bright yellow~~ shadowy figure eavesdrops, lurking in the shadowy shadows. Upon hearing John's words. the figure shakes its shadowy head indignantly. Which causes a crinkling sound. A shadowy crinkling sound.

The figure does not venture into the classroom, but a note can be found attached to the door with duct tape, and fluttering in the wake of the shadowy figure's shadowy departure.

Ted heard the crinkling and went to check it out. He found the note and returned back into the classroom. He read it a few times and frowned. "Hmm. This Twinkie thief is most sneaky. I wonder who it is." He called out to no one in particular. "I'll find you, Twinkie thief!"

I don't wanna be a llama.

Boone's mun has been having connectivity issues all week since she lost power during a major snowstorm over the weekend, FYI.

Thanks for letting me know!

*strikes Boone off the list*

Danke! *finally back online*

Glad you're back safe and sound!

[[OOC: Xander and Ted made my morning. *gives shinies and such* And now I am off to class!]]

*cries* i totally didn't have time all weekend to post, and then i didn't get home today till after 6 *PST*

Well, since you've let me know, it's cool to go ahead and post in class. I'll count it.

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