Definitions by ElCommissioner
Phonographic Memory
A person blessed with a Phonographic Memory has the ability to instantly recall and name the origin of sounds, chords, bass lines, drum fills, and guitar licks from the records he/she/they heard in their youth. Everybody recognizes the opening licks of "Satisfaction", but a person with Phonographic Memory "...can name that song in one note."
It is not the hearing of a train whistle and being reminded of the long summer evenings in Iowa. It is not recognizing a song being played faintly in the background of a Budweiser commercial. It is directly related to the graphic recording ( the LP or 45 rpm record, quite likely ) of those particular notes, and a instantaneous and pinpoint recognition of the song. Phonographic Memory (PM) is like muscle memory, as it is developed by repetition.
It is not the hearing of a train whistle and being reminded of the long summer evenings in Iowa. It is not recognizing a song being played faintly in the background of a Budweiser commercial. It is directly related to the graphic recording ( the LP or 45 rpm record, quite likely ) of those particular notes, and a instantaneous and pinpoint recognition of the song. Phonographic Memory (PM) is like muscle memory, as it is developed by repetition.
We gotta get Carlos on our team for this Trivia competition. The dude knows every song ever recorded! All he needs to hear is one note, and he can name it. He has Phonographic Memory!
Phonographic Memory by ElCommissioner November 17, 2018
Sonomacana
A genre of popular music "indigenous" to Sonoma, California. Originally populated by Native Americans, there is no record of the music original to the area that remains. Sonomacana is the type of music one now hears there, a hybridization of many types and styles, from blues to rock and roll to folk to jazz. Nowhere is such a wide variety of genres kept alive as in Sonomacana.
Sonomacana by ElCommissioner November 4, 2018
haptech
Haptic describes things relating to touch. The new technology involving devices and interactive touch is called "haptech".
My coffee was so damn hot, it triggered the haptech alarm on my super i-coaster. The vibration warned my of my impending burning doom.
haptech by ElCommissioner October 24, 2018
frackquake
A frackquake is a small earthquake created by fracking, the heinous practice of injecting liquid at high pressure to extract oil or gas. Frackquakes are usually small and oftentimes not even felt.
Woken up early in the morning, the man said to his wife,
"Did you feel that?"
"Probably just another frackquake. Go back to sleep," she responded.
"Did you feel that?"
"Probably just another frackquake. Go back to sleep," she responded.
frackquake by ElCommissioner October 15, 2018
MyBun
MyBun by ElCommissioner August 13, 2018
villaging
After a natural calamity, mysterious disaster, death in the family, or really bad restaurant meal, the leaders of the effected people swoop into villaging mode, to comfort and support one another. Because, as we all know, it takes a village to bring about healing and repair.
(credit to Scott Redston)
(credit to Scott Redston)
The family matriarch spent the morning villaging after receiving some really bad news about the neighborhood.
villaging by ElCommissioner August 12, 2018