RocknRoll Scientific Nomenclature

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

Music History, History, Music, Music Interviews, Music Commentary

4.8 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

How would you like to be remembered when you’re gone?...most people make do with a tombstone or some such other grave marker…maybe a few photographs and other detritus from a life… But maybe you’ve done something exceptional, something that extends beyond just your family and friends…my dad was mayor of my tiny hometown on the Canadian prairies and was instrumental in the development of a tourist area…for that, he had a street named after him…very nice… Others have schools named after them…buildings…airports…whole towns and cities and countries and even continents…North America, for example, is named after an Italian cartopgrapher named “Amerigo Vespucci”…you get the idea… Another way to achieve this sort of immortality is to have something in nature named in your honour…it turns out that this is a great way to pay tribute to rock stars… Sit tight…we’re going to spend the next hour learning a few Latin terms… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing
0:04.3	history of new music early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime.
0:09.3	Ever wondered what power is.
0:11.8	Power is transforming the sun into your own energy source.
0:16.1	Power is getting energy companies to pay you.
0:19.2	Power is enjoying your morning coffee,
0:21.7	knowing you created the energy to make it.
0:25.4	Well, you and the colossal ball of fire in the sky.
0:28.5	Because with solar panels from Hive, the sun works for you.
0:32.3	Hive, know your power.
0:34.3	May not cover all electricity usage, roof and weather dependent.
0:36.9	Paid for surplus requires
0:37.9	eligible SCT tariff. Sean has had some good ideas over the years, but using Canva was a really
0:46.4	good one. Sean designed some social posts to promote his friend's car boot sale. They looked good,
0:54.6	really, really good.
0:57.2	Next thing he knows,
0:59.4	someone came and bought the lot,
1:02.0	including the car.
1:03.9	Now Sean doesn't know how he's going to get home.
1:07.4	Thanks, Canva.
1:09.4	Let me ask you what might be somewhat of a difficult question.
1:12.6	How would you like to be remembered when you're gone?
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