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chris iannotti Jan 2013
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chris iannotti
Jan 2013
ACT I
MR. REYNOLDS: university linguistics professor in his 30's.
MS. LENDER: 1st-year graduate student in the university linguistics program.
SARAH: university undergraduate.
Scene 1
MR. REYNOLDS' office. The walls are covered with prestigious accolades and degrees. MR. REYNOLDS and MS. LENDER are sitting together, both with good posture, on one side of the table. SARAH is sitting comfortably in a chair on the other side.
MR. REYNOLDS
Okay, first of all, Sarah, I want to thank you for taking the time out of your day to work with Ms. Lender and I.
SARAH
Oh, like no problem at all. When I saw the bulletin saying that you guys needed like research subjects, I thought to myself that I would like love to talk and help.
MS. LENDER
(Staring). Do you work in the Student Union? And do you know--
MR. REYNOLDS
Ms. Lender, those questions are irrelevant. Let's get right to the task.
turns to make direct eye contact with SARAH
Are you ready, Sarah?
SARAH
Yes!
MR. REYNOLDS
Great! We are delighted with how excited you are. First question, Sarah. Would a sentence like this be something close to what you might ordinarily hear amongst your peers: 'I think I like like John?'
SARAH
Yeah, totally. Except, if you want to get like technical, I need to ask you like a follow-up question.
MR. REYNOLDS
Oh, there's no need to, Sarah. We're not testing for content. Only grammaticality. There's no need to get--
MS. LENDER
No, please do. Do get technical.
SARAH
I'm just confused with the way the sentence was like worded. Does this person like, like-like John, or does he or she only like John like a friend?
MS. LENDER
I'm sorry, come again? All I heard was a series of 'likes' and what may have been English if we really--
MR. REYNOLDS
Ms. Lender! Excuse me, Sarah. One moment.
SARAH
Oh, no problem.
MR. REYNOLDS turns his chair around to face MS. LENDER. He motions her to do the same.
MR. REYNOLDS
(Whispering). What are you doing? Why are you being so hostile towards our subject?
MS. LENDER
I'm sorry, Mr. Reynolds. It won't happen again. It's just that one of my biggest pet peeves is like-insertion.
MR. REYNOLDS
I understand that, Kathryn, but you are damaging your professional integrity by getting mad at a test subject. Remember, we're only here to record the descriptive rules of English language as it is spoken on campus, not prescribe suggestions or ridicule.Do you understand?
MS. LENDER
Yes, completely.
MR. REYNOLDS
Splendid! Now, let us continue. (Turning). Sarah, may we proceed?
SARAH
Of course, just I have to like leave soon. I'm sorry about that. It was totally like unanticipated that my ride would be here so fast.
MR. REYNOLDS
Oh not a problem at all, we can continue this another time if we have to, but we'll try to speed things up for you.
Okay. So, the second question runs with the same conditions. Would a sentence like this be something close to what you might say personally or hear on campus, amongst your peers: 'John and I partied all weekend. Oh well, YOLO!'?
MS. LENDER
Yes, please think really hard to yourself about this one. Are there any John's that you may have partied all weekend with, or for several weekends in a row with, and decided to say at the end of a good run, 'You know what? YOLO! You Only Live Once, so why shouldn't I be an ******* and steal someone's boyfriend?!'
MR. REYNOLDS
That's enough, Ms. Lender! Out of my office, right now.
MS. LENDER grabs her belongings and exits stageleft. She sits outside the closed office door.
SARAH and MR. REYNOLDS make their exit. SARAH is halfway out the door with an apologetic MR. REYNOLDS following on her heel.
MR. REYNOLDS
I'm very sorry for the unexpected turn of events. You will receive due credit if we decide to publish any work containing your responses. Please take care, and once again, I am so sorry.
Sarah walks offstage
Kathryn, we need to talk. I am incredibly disappointed in you. What was that whole fiasco about? You are aware that she was an integral part of the research for your end-of-the-semester project, aren't you?
MS. LENDER
Mr. Reynolds, please forgive me. It's just, of all the kids on campus, it had to be her...I mean, I'm positive it was her. It's just my luck that it had to be Sarah Ross.
MR. REYNOLDS
Pardon? Where did you get Ross from? I'm afraid I don't understand, Kathryn. Her full name was Sarah Blackstone.
MR. REYNOLDS: university linguistics professor in his 30's.
MS. LENDER: 1st-year graduate student in the university linguistics program.
SARAH: university undergraduate.
Scene 1
MR. REYNOLDS' office. The walls are covered with prestigious accolades and degrees. MR. REYNOLDS and MS. LENDER are sitting together, both with good posture, on one side of the table. SARAH is sitting comfortably in a chair on the other side.
MR. REYNOLDS
Okay, first of all, Sarah, I want to thank you for taking the time out of your day to work with Ms. Lender and I.
SARAH
Oh, like no problem at all. When I saw the bulletin saying that you guys needed like research subjects, I thought to myself that I would like love to talk and help.
MS. LENDER
(Staring). Do you work in the Student Union? And do you know--
MR. REYNOLDS
Ms. Lender, those questions are irrelevant. Let's get right to the task.
turns to make direct eye contact with SARAH
Are you ready, Sarah?
SARAH
Yes!
MR. REYNOLDS
Great! We are delighted with how excited you are. First question, Sarah. Would a sentence like this be something close to what you might ordinarily hear amongst your peers: 'I think I like like John?'
SARAH
Yeah, totally. Except, if you want to get like technical, I need to ask you like a follow-up question.
MR. REYNOLDS
Oh, there's no need to, Sarah. We're not testing for content. Only grammaticality. There's no need to get--
MS. LENDER
No, please do. Do get technical.
SARAH
I'm just confused with the way the sentence was like worded. Does this person like, like-like John, or does he or she only like John like a friend?
MS. LENDER
I'm sorry, come again? All I heard was a series of 'likes' and what may have been English if we really--
MR. REYNOLDS
Ms. Lender! Excuse me, Sarah. One moment.
SARAH
Oh, no problem.
MR. REYNOLDS turns his chair around to face MS. LENDER. He motions her to do the same.
MR. REYNOLDS
(Whispering). What are you doing? Why are you being so hostile towards our subject?
MS. LENDER
I'm sorry, Mr. Reynolds. It won't happen again. It's just that one of my biggest pet peeves is like-insertion.
MR. REYNOLDS
I understand that, Kathryn, but you are damaging your professional integrity by getting mad at a test subject. Remember, we're only here to record the descriptive rules of English language as it is spoken on campus, not prescribe suggestions or ridicule.Do you understand?
MS. LENDER
Yes, completely.
MR. REYNOLDS
Splendid! Now, let us continue. (Turning). Sarah, may we proceed?
SARAH
Of course, just I have to like leave soon. I'm sorry about that. It was totally like unanticipated that my ride would be here so fast.
MR. REYNOLDS
Oh not a problem at all, we can continue this another time if we have to, but we'll try to speed things up for you.
Okay. So, the second question runs with the same conditions. Would a sentence like this be something close to what you might say personally or hear on campus, amongst your peers: 'John and I partied all weekend. Oh well, YOLO!'?
MS. LENDER
Yes, please think really hard to yourself about this one. Are there any John's that you may have partied all weekend with, or for several weekends in a row with, and decided to say at the end of a good run, 'You know what? YOLO! You Only Live Once, so why shouldn't I be an ******* and steal someone's boyfriend?!'
MR. REYNOLDS
That's enough, Ms. Lender! Out of my office, right now.
MS. LENDER grabs her belongings and exits stageleft. She sits outside the closed office door.
SARAH and MR. REYNOLDS make their exit. SARAH is halfway out the door with an apologetic MR. REYNOLDS following on her heel.
MR. REYNOLDS
I'm very sorry for the unexpected turn of events. You will receive due credit if we decide to publish any work containing your responses. Please take care, and once again, I am so sorry.
Sarah walks offstage
Kathryn, we need to talk. I am incredibly disappointed in you. What was that whole fiasco about? You are aware that she was an integral part of the research for your end-of-the-semester project, aren't you?
MS. LENDER
Mr. Reynolds, please forgive me. It's just, of all the kids on campus, it had to be her...I mean, I'm positive it was her. It's just my luck that it had to be Sarah Ross.
MR. REYNOLDS
Pardon? Where did you get Ross from? I'm afraid I don't understand, Kathryn. Her full name was Sarah Blackstone.
Johnny Noiπ
Sep 2018
Burt Reynolds ****: 10 facts about the Cosmo
centrefold; It's 40 years since a **** Cosmopolitan
centerfold of actor Burt Reynolds broke a taboo
& launched a new era of women's magazine publishing;
"At last a male **** centrefold - the naked truth
about guess who!!" screamed a banner
on the front page. Cosmopolitan editor
Helen Gurley Brown saw it as a victory
for women whose "visual appetites" had been
ignored by male magazine editors & proprietors;
It also boosted Cosmopolitan's circulation
& turned Burt Reynolds into a 1970s *** icon.
So what was the story behind the photograph?
1. It began on a TV show. Burt Reynolds
was standing in for Johnny Carson as presenter
of the Tonight show on NBC, &
Helen Gurley Brown was his guest.
"He was handsome, humorous, wonderful body,
frisky," she told James Landers, author of a book
on the first 100 years of Cosmopolitan .
"During our conversation I asked him
if he would pose for us." He agreed.
2. It could have been Paul Newman.
Gurley Brown had approached him,
before putting the question to Reynolds,
but he had refused;
3. It made Burt Reynolds into a celeb.
The day after the magazine hit news-stands,
he was mobbed by women asking him to sign their copy.
Reynolds also noticed a change in the behavior
of theater audiences from "polite to boisterous".
"Standing ovations turned into burlesque show
hoots & catcalls. They cared more about my *****
than they did about the play," he wrote in his 1994
autobiography, My Life. Gurley Brown said:
"He had been a movie star, now he was a celebrity."
4. It made Cosmopolitan notorious.
"At the time, you know, men liked to look
at women naked. Well, nobody talked about it,
but women liked to look at men naked. I did,"
Gurley Brown told Landers, who noted
that the photograph pushed Cosmopolitan
across a threshold, in the public mind,
from a mainstream magazine "to a *** magazine".
5. It spawned Playgirl magazine.
Douglas Lambert, owner of the Playgirl Club,
decided to launch the magazine after seeing
what a "winner" the Burt Reynolds centrefold was.
"It came to me, that's what women want.
If a woman says she wants to see a man's smile,
his eyes, I say 'Don't lie to me,'" he was quoted as saying.
6. Reynolds chose the picture.
A number of shots were taken. The choice of which
would be published was left to the model.
7. The bearskin was a humorous touch.
"I think that's probably a joke," says New York-based
fashion portrait photographer Max Vadukul.
"This is a very macho statement, a real bloke,
full on, and totally confident,"
he says. He reckons Reynolds would have been
happy going further, & removing the artfully
placed arm from his lap;
8. You won't see this in 2018.
It would be a tough photograph to take in 2018,
Vadukul says, because of the "commodity factor"
- the actor's publicists would be concerned
about damage to his brand, among some members
of the public. "It's a very modern picture,
it would still be a very talkative picture.
Who would be the equivalent of this guy -
George Clooney? It's very far ahead of its time,
from that period when anything goes,
people swinging partners non-stop..."
9. The photographer was the celebrated
Francesco Scavullo. Scavullo shot most
Cosmopolitan covers over a 30-year period,
& was involved in controversy again
when he took photographs of a young
Brooke Shields that some considered
too ******. He died in 2004, on the day
he was due to photograph CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.
10. Arnold Schwarzenegger was the next centrefold;
Cosmopolitan did not do these very often.
It took two years for the next to appear, &
Schwarzenegger made his appearance in 1977.
Another man to grace the center pages
was Scott Brown, now a Massachusetts senator,
but in June 1982 a law student who had entered
& won the magazine's America's Sexiest Man
contest. He posed for the cameras days before
his final exams.
centrefold; It's 40 years since a **** Cosmopolitan
centerfold of actor Burt Reynolds broke a taboo
& launched a new era of women's magazine publishing;
"At last a male **** centrefold - the naked truth
about guess who!!" screamed a banner
on the front page. Cosmopolitan editor
Helen Gurley Brown saw it as a victory
for women whose "visual appetites" had been
ignored by male magazine editors & proprietors;
It also boosted Cosmopolitan's circulation
& turned Burt Reynolds into a 1970s *** icon.
So what was the story behind the photograph?
1. It began on a TV show. Burt Reynolds
was standing in for Johnny Carson as presenter
of the Tonight show on NBC, &
Helen Gurley Brown was his guest.
"He was handsome, humorous, wonderful body,
frisky," she told James Landers, author of a book
on the first 100 years of Cosmopolitan .
"During our conversation I asked him
if he would pose for us." He agreed.
2. It could have been Paul Newman.
Gurley Brown had approached him,
before putting the question to Reynolds,
but he had refused;
3. It made Burt Reynolds into a celeb.
The day after the magazine hit news-stands,
he was mobbed by women asking him to sign their copy.
Reynolds also noticed a change in the behavior
of theater audiences from "polite to boisterous".
"Standing ovations turned into burlesque show
hoots & catcalls. They cared more about my *****
than they did about the play," he wrote in his 1994
autobiography, My Life. Gurley Brown said:
"He had been a movie star, now he was a celebrity."
4. It made Cosmopolitan notorious.
"At the time, you know, men liked to look
at women naked. Well, nobody talked about it,
but women liked to look at men naked. I did,"
Gurley Brown told Landers, who noted
that the photograph pushed Cosmopolitan
across a threshold, in the public mind,
from a mainstream magazine "to a *** magazine".
5. It spawned Playgirl magazine.
Douglas Lambert, owner of the Playgirl Club,
decided to launch the magazine after seeing
what a "winner" the Burt Reynolds centrefold was.
"It came to me, that's what women want.
If a woman says she wants to see a man's smile,
his eyes, I say 'Don't lie to me,'" he was quoted as saying.
6. Reynolds chose the picture.
A number of shots were taken. The choice of which
would be published was left to the model.
7. The bearskin was a humorous touch.
"I think that's probably a joke," says New York-based
fashion portrait photographer Max Vadukul.
"This is a very macho statement, a real bloke,
full on, and totally confident,"
he says. He reckons Reynolds would have been
happy going further, & removing the artfully
placed arm from his lap;
8. You won't see this in 2018.
It would be a tough photograph to take in 2018,
Vadukul says, because of the "commodity factor"
- the actor's publicists would be concerned
about damage to his brand, among some members
of the public. "It's a very modern picture,
it would still be a very talkative picture.
Who would be the equivalent of this guy -
George Clooney? It's very far ahead of its time,
from that period when anything goes,
people swinging partners non-stop..."
9. The photographer was the celebrated
Francesco Scavullo. Scavullo shot most
Cosmopolitan covers over a 30-year period,
& was involved in controversy again
when he took photographs of a young
Brooke Shields that some considered
too ******. He died in 2004, on the day
he was due to photograph CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.
10. Arnold Schwarzenegger was the next centrefold;
Cosmopolitan did not do these very often.
It took two years for the next to appear, &
Schwarzenegger made his appearance in 1977.
Another man to grace the center pages
was Scott Brown, now a Massachusetts senator,
but in June 1982 a law student who had entered
& won the magazine's America's Sexiest Man
contest. He posed for the cameras days before
his final exams.
bbc news magazine
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17896980
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17896980
AAron Roz
May 2018
Music is loud or quiet.
Music is soft or heavy.
Music can have meaning or not.
Music can be nothing or everything.
Music is:
◾Art Punk
◾Alternative Rock
◾College Rock
◾Crossover Thrash (thx Kevin G)
◾Crust Punk (thx Haug)
◾Experimental Rock
◾Folk Punk
◾Goth / Gothic Rock
◾Grunge
◾******* Punk
◾Hard Rock
◾Indie Rock
◾Lo-fi (hat tip to Ben Vee Bedlamite)
◾New Wave
◾Progressive Rock
◾Punk
◾Shoegaze (with thx to Jackie Herrera)
◾Steampunk (with thx to Christopher Schaeffer)
•Anime
•Blues ◾Acoustic Blues
◾Chicago Blues
◾Classic Blues
◾Contemporary Blues
◾Country Blues
◾Delta Blues
◾Electric Blues
◾Ragtime Blues (cheers GFS)
•Children’s Music ◾Lullabies
◾Sing-Along
◾Stories
•Classical ◾Avant-Garde
◾Baroque
◾Chamber Music
◾Chant
◾Choral
◾Classical Crossover
◾Contemporary Classical (thx Julien Palliere)
◾Early Music
◾Expressionist (thx Mr. Palliere)
◾High Classical
◾Impressionist
◾Medieval
◾Minimalism
◾Modern Composition
◾Opera
◾Orchestral
◾Renaissance
◾Romantic (early period)
◾Romantic (later period)
◾Wedding Music
•Comedy ◾Novelty
◾Standup Comedy
◾Vaudeville (cheers Ben Vee Bedlamite)
•Commercial (thank you Sheldon Reynolds) ◾Jingles
◾TV Themes
•Country ◾Alternative Country
◾Americana
◾Bluegrass
◾Contemporary Bluegrass
◾Contemporary Country
◾Country Gospel
◾Country Pop (thanks Sarah Johnson)
◾***** Tonk
◾Outlaw Country
◾Traditional Bluegrass
◾Traditional Country
◾Urban Cowboy
•Dance (EDM – Electronic Dance Music – see Electronic below – with thx to Eric Shaffer-Whiting & Drew :-)) ◾Club / Club Dance (thx Luke Allfree)
◾Breakcore
◾Breakbeat / Breakstep
◾Brostep (cheers Tom Berckley)
◾Chillstep (thx Matt)
◾Deep House (cheers Venus Pang)
◾Dubstep
◾Electro House (thx Luke Allfree)
◾Electroswing
◾Exercise
◾Future Garage (thx Ran’dom Haug)
◾Garage
◾Glitch Hop (cheers Tom Berckley)
◾Glitch Pop (thx Ran’dom Haug)
◾Grime (thx Ran’dom Haug / Matthew H)
◾*******
◾Hard Dance
◾Hi-NRG / Eurodance
◾Horrorcore (thx Matt)
◾House
◾Jackin House (with thx to Jermaine Benjamin Dale Bruce)
◾Jungle / Drum’n’bass
◾Liquid Dub(thx Ran’dom Haug)
◾Regstep (thanks to ‘Melia G)
◾Speedcore (cheers Matt)
◾Techno
◾Trance
◾Trap (thx Luke Allfree)
•Disney
•Easy Listening ◾Bop
◾Lounge
◾Swing
•Electronic ◾2-Step (thx Ran’dom Haug)
◾8bit – aka 8-bit, Bitpop and Chiptune – (thx Marcel Borchert)
◾Ambient
◾Bassline (thx Leon Oliver)
◾Chillwave(thx Ran’dom Haug)
◾Chiptune (kudos to Dominik Landahl)
◾Crunk (with thx to Jillian Edwards)
◾Downtempo
◾Drum & Bass (thx Luke Allfree)
◾Electro
◾Electro-swing (thank you Daniel Forthofer)
◾Electronica
◾Electronic Rock
◾Hardstyle (kudos to Dominik Landahl)
◾IDM/Experimental
◾Industrial
◾Trip Hop (thank you Michael Tait Tafoya)
•Enka
•French Pop
•German Folk
•German Pop
•Fitness & Workout
•Hip-Hop/Rap ◾Alternative Rap
◾Bounce
◾***** South
◾East Coast Rap
◾Gangsta Rap
◾******* Rap
◾Hip-Hop
◾Latin Rap
◾Old School Rap
◾Rap
◾Turntablism (thank you Luke Allfree)
◾Underground Rap
◾West Coast Rap
•Holiday ◾Chanukah
◾Christmas
◾Christmas: Children’s
◾Christmas: Classic
◾Christmas: Classical
◾Christmas: Comedy
◾Christmas: Jazz
◾Christmas: Modern
◾Christmas: Pop
◾Christmas: R&B
◾Christmas: Religious
◾Christmas: Rock
◾Easter
◾Halloween
◾Holiday: Other
◾Thanksgiving
•Indie Pop
•Industrial
•Inspirational – Christian & Gospel ◾CCM
◾Christian Metal
◾Christian Pop
◾Christian Rap
◾Christian Rock
◾Classic Christian
◾Contemporary Gospel
◾Gospel
◾Christian & Gospel
◾Praise & Worship
◾Qawwali (with thx to Jillian Edwards)
◾Southern Gospel
◾Traditional Gospel
•Instrumental ◾March (Marching Band)
•J-Pop ◾J-Rock
◾J-Synth
◾J-Ska
◾J-Punk
•Jazz ◾Acid Jazz (with thx to Hunter Nelson)
◾Avant-Garde Jazz
◾Bebop (thx Mwinogo1)
◾Big Band
◾Blue Note (with thx to Jillian Edwards)
◾Contemporary Jazz
◾Cool
◾Crossover Jazz
◾Dixieland
◾Ethio-jazz (with thx to Jillian Edwards)
◾Fusion
◾Gypsy Jazz (kudos to Mike Tait Tafoya)
◾Hard Bop
◾Latin Jazz
◾Mainstream Jazz
◾Ragtime
◾Smooth Jazz
◾Trad Jazz
•K-Pop
•Karaoke
•Kayokyoku
•Latin ◾Alternativo & Rock Latino
◾Argentine tango (gracias P. Moth & Sandra Sanders)
◾Baladas y Boleros
◾Bossa Nova (with thx to Marcos José Sant’Anna Magalhães & Alex Ede for the reclassification)
◾Brazilian
◾Contemporary Latin
◾Cumbia (gracias Richard Kemp)
◾Flamenco / Spanish Flamenco (thank you Michael Tait Tafoya & Sandra Sanders)
◾Latin Jazz
◾Nuevo Flamenco (and again Michael Tafoya)
◾Pop Latino
◾Portuguese fado (and again Sandra Sanders)
◾Raíces
◾Reggaeton y Hip-Hop
◾Regional Mexicano
◾Salsa y Tropical
•New Age ◾Environmental
◾Healing
◾Meditation
◾Nature
◾Relaxation
◾Travel
•Opera
•Pop ◾Adult Contemporary
◾Britpop
◾Bubblegum Pop (thx Haug & John Maher)
◾Chamber Pop (thx Haug)
◾Dance Pop
◾Dream Pop (thx Haug)
◾Electro Pop (thx Haug)
◾Orchestral Pop (thx Haug)
◾Pop/Rock
◾Pop Punk (thx Makenzie)
◾Power Pop (thx Haug)
◾Soft Rock
◾Synthpop (thx Haug)
◾Teen Pop
•R&B/Soul ◾Contemporary R&B
◾Disco (not a top level genre Sheldon Reynolds!)
◾Doo ***
◾Funk
◾Modern Soul (Cheers Nik)
◾Motown
◾Neo-Soul
◾Northern Soul (Cheers Nik & John Maher)
◾Psychedelic Soul (thank you John Maher)
◾Quiet Storm
◾Soul
◾Soul Blues (Cheers Nik)
◾Southern Soul (Cheers Nik)
•Reggae ◾2-Tone (thx GFS)
◾Dancehall
◾Dub
◾Roots Reggae
◾Ska
•Rock ◾Acid Rock (with thanks to Alex Antonio)
◾Adult-Oriented Rock (thanks to John Maher)
◾Afro Punk
◾Adult Alternative
◾Alternative Rock (thx Caleb Browning)
◾American Trad Rock
◾Anatolian Rock
◾Arena Rock
◾Art Rock
◾Blues-Rock
◾British Invasion
◾**** Rock
◾Death Metal / Black Metal
◾Doom Metal (thx Kevin G)
◾Glam Rock
◾Gothic Metal (fits here Sam DeRenzis – thx)
◾Grind Core
◾Hair Metal
◾Hard Rock
◾Math Metal (cheers Kevin)
◾Math Rock (thx Ran’dom Haug)
◾Metal
◾Metal Core (thx Ran’dom Haug)
◾Noise Rock (genre – Japanoise – thx Dominik Landahl)
◾Jam Bands
◾Post Punk (thx Ben Vee Bedlamite)
◾Prog-Rock/Art Rock
◾Progressive Metal (thx Ran’dom Haug)
◾Psychedelic
◾Rock & Roll
◾Rockabilly (it’s here Mark Murdock!)
◾Roots Rock
◾Singer/Songwriter
◾Southern Rock
◾Spazzcore (thx Haug)
◾Stoner Metal (duuuude)
◾Surf
◾Technical Death Metal (cheers Pierre)
◾Tex-Mex
◾Time Lord Rock (Trock) ~ (thanks to ‘Melia G)
◾Trash Metal (thanks to Pierre A)
•Singer/Songwriter ◾Alternative Folk
◾Contemporary Folk
◾Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
◾Indie Folk (with thanks to Andrew Barrett)
◾Folk-Rock
◾Love Song (Chanson – merci Marcel Borchert)
◾New Acoustic
◾Traditional Folk
•Soundtrack ◾Foreign Cinema
◾Movie Soundtrack (thanks Julien)
◾Musicals
◾Original Score
◾Soundtrack
◾TV Soundtrack
•Spoken Word
•Tex-Mex / Tejano (with thx to Israel Lopez) ◾Chicano
◾Classic
◾Conjunto
◾Conjunto Progressive
◾New Mex
◾Tex-Mex
•Vocal ◾A cappella (with kudos to Sheldon Reynolds)
◾Barbershop (with thx to Kelly Chism)
◾Doo-*** (with thx to Bradley Thompson)
◾Gregorian Chant (hat tip to Deborah Knight-Nikifortchuk)
◾Standards
◾Traditional Pop
◾Vocal Jazz
◾Vocal Pop
•World ◾Africa
◾Afro-Beat
◾Afro-Pop
◾Asia
◾Australia
◾Cajun
◾Calypso (thx Gerald John)
◾Caribbean
◾Carnatic (Karnataka Sanghetha – thx Abhijith)
◾Celtic
◾Celtic Folk
◾Contemporary Celtic
◾Coupé-décalé (thx Samy) – Congo
◾Dangdut (thank you Achmad Ivanny)
◾Drinking Songs
◾Drone (with thx to Robert Conrod)
◾Europe
◾France
◾Hawaii
◾Hindustani (thank you Abhijith)
◾Indian Ghazal (thank you Gitika Thakur)
◾Indian Pop
◾Japan
◾Japanese Pop
◾Klezmer
◾Mbalax (thank you Samy) – Senegal
◾Middle East
◾North America
◾Ode (thank you Sheldon Reynolds)
◾Piphat (cheers Samy B) – Thailand
◾Polka
◾Soca (thx Gerald John)
◾South Africa
◾South America
◾Traditional Celtic
◾Worldbeat
◾Zydeco
etc...
Music is soft or heavy.
Music can have meaning or not.
Music can be nothing or everything.
Music is:
◾Art Punk
◾Alternative Rock
◾College Rock
◾Crossover Thrash (thx Kevin G)
◾Crust Punk (thx Haug)
◾Experimental Rock
◾Folk Punk
◾Goth / Gothic Rock
◾Grunge
◾******* Punk
◾Hard Rock
◾Indie Rock
◾Lo-fi (hat tip to Ben Vee Bedlamite)
◾New Wave
◾Progressive Rock
◾Punk
◾Shoegaze (with thx to Jackie Herrera)
◾Steampunk (with thx to Christopher Schaeffer)
•Anime
•Blues ◾Acoustic Blues
◾Chicago Blues
◾Classic Blues
◾Contemporary Blues
◾Country Blues
◾Delta Blues
◾Electric Blues
◾Ragtime Blues (cheers GFS)
•Children’s Music ◾Lullabies
◾Sing-Along
◾Stories
•Classical ◾Avant-Garde
◾Baroque
◾Chamber Music
◾Chant
◾Choral
◾Classical Crossover
◾Contemporary Classical (thx Julien Palliere)
◾Early Music
◾Expressionist (thx Mr. Palliere)
◾High Classical
◾Impressionist
◾Medieval
◾Minimalism
◾Modern Composition
◾Opera
◾Orchestral
◾Renaissance
◾Romantic (early period)
◾Romantic (later period)
◾Wedding Music
•Comedy ◾Novelty
◾Standup Comedy
◾Vaudeville (cheers Ben Vee Bedlamite)
•Commercial (thank you Sheldon Reynolds) ◾Jingles
◾TV Themes
•Country ◾Alternative Country
◾Americana
◾Bluegrass
◾Contemporary Bluegrass
◾Contemporary Country
◾Country Gospel
◾Country Pop (thanks Sarah Johnson)
◾***** Tonk
◾Outlaw Country
◾Traditional Bluegrass
◾Traditional Country
◾Urban Cowboy
•Dance (EDM – Electronic Dance Music – see Electronic below – with thx to Eric Shaffer-Whiting & Drew :-)) ◾Club / Club Dance (thx Luke Allfree)
◾Breakcore
◾Breakbeat / Breakstep
◾Brostep (cheers Tom Berckley)
◾Chillstep (thx Matt)
◾Deep House (cheers Venus Pang)
◾Dubstep
◾Electro House (thx Luke Allfree)
◾Electroswing
◾Exercise
◾Future Garage (thx Ran’dom Haug)
◾Garage
◾Glitch Hop (cheers Tom Berckley)
◾Glitch Pop (thx Ran’dom Haug)
◾Grime (thx Ran’dom Haug / Matthew H)
◾*******
◾Hard Dance
◾Hi-NRG / Eurodance
◾Horrorcore (thx Matt)
◾House
◾Jackin House (with thx to Jermaine Benjamin Dale Bruce)
◾Jungle / Drum’n’bass
◾Liquid Dub(thx Ran’dom Haug)
◾Regstep (thanks to ‘Melia G)
◾Speedcore (cheers Matt)
◾Techno
◾Trance
◾Trap (thx Luke Allfree)
•Disney
•Easy Listening ◾Bop
◾Lounge
◾Swing
•Electronic ◾2-Step (thx Ran’dom Haug)
◾8bit – aka 8-bit, Bitpop and Chiptune – (thx Marcel Borchert)
◾Ambient
◾Bassline (thx Leon Oliver)
◾Chillwave(thx Ran’dom Haug)
◾Chiptune (kudos to Dominik Landahl)
◾Crunk (with thx to Jillian Edwards)
◾Downtempo
◾Drum & Bass (thx Luke Allfree)
◾Electro
◾Electro-swing (thank you Daniel Forthofer)
◾Electronica
◾Electronic Rock
◾Hardstyle (kudos to Dominik Landahl)
◾IDM/Experimental
◾Industrial
◾Trip Hop (thank you Michael Tait Tafoya)
•Enka
•French Pop
•German Folk
•German Pop
•Fitness & Workout
•Hip-Hop/Rap ◾Alternative Rap
◾Bounce
◾***** South
◾East Coast Rap
◾Gangsta Rap
◾******* Rap
◾Hip-Hop
◾Latin Rap
◾Old School Rap
◾Rap
◾Turntablism (thank you Luke Allfree)
◾Underground Rap
◾West Coast Rap
•Holiday ◾Chanukah
◾Christmas
◾Christmas: Children’s
◾Christmas: Classic
◾Christmas: Classical
◾Christmas: Comedy
◾Christmas: Jazz
◾Christmas: Modern
◾Christmas: Pop
◾Christmas: R&B
◾Christmas: Religious
◾Christmas: Rock
◾Easter
◾Halloween
◾Holiday: Other
◾Thanksgiving
•Indie Pop
•Industrial
•Inspirational – Christian & Gospel ◾CCM
◾Christian Metal
◾Christian Pop
◾Christian Rap
◾Christian Rock
◾Classic Christian
◾Contemporary Gospel
◾Gospel
◾Christian & Gospel
◾Praise & Worship
◾Qawwali (with thx to Jillian Edwards)
◾Southern Gospel
◾Traditional Gospel
•Instrumental ◾March (Marching Band)
•J-Pop ◾J-Rock
◾J-Synth
◾J-Ska
◾J-Punk
•Jazz ◾Acid Jazz (with thx to Hunter Nelson)
◾Avant-Garde Jazz
◾Bebop (thx Mwinogo1)
◾Big Band
◾Blue Note (with thx to Jillian Edwards)
◾Contemporary Jazz
◾Cool
◾Crossover Jazz
◾Dixieland
◾Ethio-jazz (with thx to Jillian Edwards)
◾Fusion
◾Gypsy Jazz (kudos to Mike Tait Tafoya)
◾Hard Bop
◾Latin Jazz
◾Mainstream Jazz
◾Ragtime
◾Smooth Jazz
◾Trad Jazz
•K-Pop
•Karaoke
•Kayokyoku
•Latin ◾Alternativo & Rock Latino
◾Argentine tango (gracias P. Moth & Sandra Sanders)
◾Baladas y Boleros
◾Bossa Nova (with thx to Marcos José Sant’Anna Magalhães & Alex Ede for the reclassification)
◾Brazilian
◾Contemporary Latin
◾Cumbia (gracias Richard Kemp)
◾Flamenco / Spanish Flamenco (thank you Michael Tait Tafoya & Sandra Sanders)
◾Latin Jazz
◾Nuevo Flamenco (and again Michael Tafoya)
◾Pop Latino
◾Portuguese fado (and again Sandra Sanders)
◾Raíces
◾Reggaeton y Hip-Hop
◾Regional Mexicano
◾Salsa y Tropical
•New Age ◾Environmental
◾Healing
◾Meditation
◾Nature
◾Relaxation
◾Travel
•Opera
•Pop ◾Adult Contemporary
◾Britpop
◾Bubblegum Pop (thx Haug & John Maher)
◾Chamber Pop (thx Haug)
◾Dance Pop
◾Dream Pop (thx Haug)
◾Electro Pop (thx Haug)
◾Orchestral Pop (thx Haug)
◾Pop/Rock
◾Pop Punk (thx Makenzie)
◾Power Pop (thx Haug)
◾Soft Rock
◾Synthpop (thx Haug)
◾Teen Pop
•R&B/Soul ◾Contemporary R&B
◾Disco (not a top level genre Sheldon Reynolds!)
◾Doo ***
◾Funk
◾Modern Soul (Cheers Nik)
◾Motown
◾Neo-Soul
◾Northern Soul (Cheers Nik & John Maher)
◾Psychedelic Soul (thank you John Maher)
◾Quiet Storm
◾Soul
◾Soul Blues (Cheers Nik)
◾Southern Soul (Cheers Nik)
•Reggae ◾2-Tone (thx GFS)
◾Dancehall
◾Dub
◾Roots Reggae
◾Ska
•Rock ◾Acid Rock (with thanks to Alex Antonio)
◾Adult-Oriented Rock (thanks to John Maher)
◾Afro Punk
◾Adult Alternative
◾Alternative Rock (thx Caleb Browning)
◾American Trad Rock
◾Anatolian Rock
◾Arena Rock
◾Art Rock
◾Blues-Rock
◾British Invasion
◾**** Rock
◾Death Metal / Black Metal
◾Doom Metal (thx Kevin G)
◾Glam Rock
◾Gothic Metal (fits here Sam DeRenzis – thx)
◾Grind Core
◾Hair Metal
◾Hard Rock
◾Math Metal (cheers Kevin)
◾Math Rock (thx Ran’dom Haug)
◾Metal
◾Metal Core (thx Ran’dom Haug)
◾Noise Rock (genre – Japanoise – thx Dominik Landahl)
◾Jam Bands
◾Post Punk (thx Ben Vee Bedlamite)
◾Prog-Rock/Art Rock
◾Progressive Metal (thx Ran’dom Haug)
◾Psychedelic
◾Rock & Roll
◾Rockabilly (it’s here Mark Murdock!)
◾Roots Rock
◾Singer/Songwriter
◾Southern Rock
◾Spazzcore (thx Haug)
◾Stoner Metal (duuuude)
◾Surf
◾Technical Death Metal (cheers Pierre)
◾Tex-Mex
◾Time Lord Rock (Trock) ~ (thanks to ‘Melia G)
◾Trash Metal (thanks to Pierre A)
•Singer/Songwriter ◾Alternative Folk
◾Contemporary Folk
◾Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
◾Indie Folk (with thanks to Andrew Barrett)
◾Folk-Rock
◾Love Song (Chanson – merci Marcel Borchert)
◾New Acoustic
◾Traditional Folk
•Soundtrack ◾Foreign Cinema
◾Movie Soundtrack (thanks Julien)
◾Musicals
◾Original Score
◾Soundtrack
◾TV Soundtrack
•Spoken Word
•Tex-Mex / Tejano (with thx to Israel Lopez) ◾Chicano
◾Classic
◾Conjunto
◾Conjunto Progressive
◾New Mex
◾Tex-Mex
•Vocal ◾A cappella (with kudos to Sheldon Reynolds)
◾Barbershop (with thx to Kelly Chism)
◾Doo-*** (with thx to Bradley Thompson)
◾Gregorian Chant (hat tip to Deborah Knight-Nikifortchuk)
◾Standards
◾Traditional Pop
◾Vocal Jazz
◾Vocal Pop
•World ◾Africa
◾Afro-Beat
◾Afro-Pop
◾Asia
◾Australia
◾Cajun
◾Calypso (thx Gerald John)
◾Caribbean
◾Carnatic (Karnataka Sanghetha – thx Abhijith)
◾Celtic
◾Celtic Folk
◾Contemporary Celtic
◾Coupé-décalé (thx Samy) – Congo
◾Dangdut (thank you Achmad Ivanny)
◾Drinking Songs
◾Drone (with thx to Robert Conrod)
◾Europe
◾France
◾Hawaii
◾Hindustani (thank you Abhijith)
◾Indian Ghazal (thank you Gitika Thakur)
◾Indian Pop
◾Japan
◾Japanese Pop
◾Klezmer
◾Mbalax (thank you Samy) – Senegal
◾Middle East
◾North America
◾Ode (thank you Sheldon Reynolds)
◾Piphat (cheers Samy B) – Thailand
◾Polka
◾Soca (thx Gerald John)
◾South Africa
◾South America
◾Traditional Celtic
◾Worldbeat
◾Zydeco
etc...