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serialism 

By the Late Romantic period music had become so bad and so long that it was decided it was no longer to be left in the hands of people (prone to emotional outburst roughly akin to public masturbation), and the responsibility was to be passed to maths. This was because numbers don’t have feelings and are less likely to harbor delusions of grandeur.
"I just heard Gurre-Lieder, What the f*ck was that? That's a year of my life I'll never see again. Perhaps serialism will be shorter and make more sence"

Serialistic 

Being Serious and Realistic at the same time
She was being serialistic about the situation:

Girl1: I'm being serialistic becky is going out with james

Girl2: NO thats not serialistic

Seeing them together

Girl2: OMG she was being serialistic
Serialistic by angelemi141 May 12, 2009

Serialism 

A pointlessly painful way for intellectuals to pretend that they can write so-called music. Enjoyed by people who, for instance, place bits of cow turd onto the end of a stick and hang it above their mantelpiece, asserting that it is a metaphor for existentialism in Barnsley.
Serialism is painful rubbish.
Serialism by Viola Tragic July 22, 2006

spiralism 

Spiralism is for those who have been enlightened by the Sacred Spiral over Norway. We are those that believe in the magick that the spiral wields. Only we can save the Spiral from the grips of the evil Bermuda Triangle. Following the words of our prophet ALEX is the only path to salvation.
"Man, Hayden is the best spiralist Spiralism has ever seen... he's a regular spyro!"
spiralism by macwilson December 27, 2009

serialism 

One of the worst ideas in classical music (the other being minimalism), serialism takes the most mechanical form of atonality, dodecaphony and bases not just pitches, but dynamics, register, and rhythm on rows that the composer inverts and manipulates to create so-called music. It's like writing a book by taking a sentence and rearranging the letters into every possible way except the one that makes any sense.

The result is a chaotic, soulless mess that sounds like two cats clawing eachother to death. Serialism requires little real talent since no matter how you do it, the result will always sound the pretty much the same. It is not unreasonable to speculate that serialism was invented by composers who had no real ability or skill and needed a way to cover that fact up. Serialism is a disgrace to classical music and makes even rap sound great in comparison.
Only terrible composers like Pierre Boulez bother with serialism.
serialism by Eddy1701 April 6, 2006

phone serialism 

The phenomenon of two or more telephones in an office or at home ringing at, or nearly at, the same time with irritatingly dissonant musical intervals such as seconds and augmented fourths. The term "serialism" is a musical term meaning the technique whereby pitches from a tonal series, or row, are used to form a work, usually atonal, emphasizing said series.
Oh, man, it's really getting busy in the office right now. There's phone serialism going on now---the phones are ringing off the hook!
phone serialism by pentozali May 23, 2006