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There's always this.
 
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This


and this


And Kate Bush has already had 2 mentions here's a third (brrrr)
 
I was sweeping out back and dropped my broom on the spot when I remembered this.

 
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Thank you dear BillTre for sharing that with me! 😊
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Kindle Edition
by Dava Sobel

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN:

Poem: A Unified Theory of Love

Science in meter and verse

By Dava Sobel, Kit Wienert on February 1, 2021

Edited by Dava Sobel

Should I walk the Planck
length between my heart

and yours, drown in the
liquid abyss of space-time

deep within my sea dreams
that scope and chart macro

geometries of love by
star arc in night sky,

heaven's whirls of light and
elemental fire would still

shimmer through unfathomed
depth and distance to mark

in micro beats of time
our bodies' magnetic needs.

In bottomless dark we flicker
into being, instant inflation

of nothing into something's
minute entanglements forever

trading quantum places,
to fuse and emanate

our invisible human essence
in and out to infinitude.

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/poem-a-unified-theory-of-love/#
I love this poem!
 
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Are you aware of the audio meaning of the word stem?

Since english isn't my first language I'm not sure if this other meaning is plain to a native English speaker. Reading your discussion here the coincidence seemed to me mildly entertaining (funny seems too strong a word for such a sought and/or strained comparison :) ).

In this sense of the word STEM songs are extremely abundant. :)
 
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sbrothy said:
Are you aware of the audio meaning of the word stem?

Since english isn't my first language I'm not sure if this other meaning is plain to a native English speaker. Reading your discussion here the coincidence seemed to me mildly entertaining (funny seems too strong a word for such a sought and/or strained comparison :) ).

In this sense of the word STEM songs are extremely abundant. :)
det er tilfældigt og sjovt!

I did not know that!
Yes in this context STEM is science technology maths and Engineering. We have found quite a few Stem related STEM song though too!
 
POETRY FOUNDATION

COLLECTION

Poetry and Music

Composed, produced, and remixed: the greatest hits of poems about music.
Poetry and music have been intertwined for thousands of years. In antiquity, poems were often sung: the first lyric poets in ancient Greece performed their work to the accompaniment of the lyre, and the oldest anthology of Chinese poetry, the Shijing, was a collection of songs. In southern Europe in the middle ages, the popularity of troubadour poets granted them unprecedented freedom of speech and social influence in their time, and their lyrical work would influence European poetry for centuries. The ballad form continues to be a common form for both poems and songs. Emily Dickinson famously wrote her sometimes irreverent poems to the rhythms and forms of church hymns, and more recent poets such as W.H. Auden, J.D. McClatchy, and Eileen Myles have written successful opera libretti.
Today poets still draw on the forms and rhythms of different musical traditions, from jazz, rap, and hip-hop to folk songs and country music. In this collection, we’ve selected poems, articles, and audio and video material that touches on the dynamic, ongoing relationship between these two art forms.
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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/148663/poetry-and-music
 
As Physics says, "Time is always Positive". It is all about our thinking which makes it negative. So persuade your mind to believe in Science.
 
Song Stems: 5 Places To Find Stems For Remixing Songs

By Stevo

Published Oct 30, 2017

Whether you're a DJ, producer, or record label, stems have become one of the most popular topics in the music industry.

Stems enhance creative possibilities and whether it's a drum stem, bassline stem, melody stem, or even a vocal stem, stems help artists' musical abilities. While it can be difficult to come across song stems, we have compiled 5 ways to find song stems online.

What Are Song Stems?

Song stems (aka multitracks) are individual sections of a song. For example, there is a separate stems for vocals, strings, and synths within a single song. Producers will then take the song stems in order to remix the tracks. Stems are simply the channels bounced down to audio files.

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https://www.edmsauce.com/2017/10/30/song-stems/
 
Mary Conrads Sanburn said:
Song Stems: 5 Places To Find Stems For Remixing Songs

By Stevo

Published Oct 30, 2017

Whether you're a DJ, producer, or record label, stems have become one of the most popular topics in the music industry.

Stems enhance creative possibilities and whether it's a drum stem, bassline stem, melody stem, or even a vocal stem, stems help artists' musical abilities. While it can be difficult to come across song stems, we have compiled 5 ways to find song stems online.

What Are Song Stems?

Song stems (aka multitracks) are individual sections of a song. For example, there is a separate stems for vocals, strings, and synths within a single song. Producers will then take the song stems in order to remix the tracks. Stems are simply the channels bounced down to audio files.

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https://www.edmsauce.com/2017/10/30/song-stems/
Yes indeed, that is a definition of STEM in music

The STEM in this thread is of the sciencey kind ;)
 
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Well I just got back from Mare Island! Oh what a beautiful day~ husband and Gracie Girl (dog) and me hiking and looking out into the bay while sitting on a log eating a sandwich and a diet coke. Of course I gave Gracie half of my sandwich. :smile: We sang a song !

U2 - Beautiful Day (Official Music Video)​

 
Kate Bush, Pi

 
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pinball1970 said:
This is clever but I would have preferred them in order or at least by group or something. This version has alkali metals with halogens, inert gases with heavy metals. A bit of a Mish mash
As I recall, Lehrer himself explained the more or less STEM, i.e. mathematical, reason for his ordering. It was to make the syllables fit together into a workable meter for the verses.
 
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WWGD said:
A false positive:


Somehow found it as a hit but not quite, it seems from hearing it.


OK, I liked this a lot, (Sade's Smooth Operator), but admit maybe it should have been "smoothing operator".
 
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mathwonk said:
OK, I liked this a lot, (Sade's Smooth Operator), but admit maybe it should have been "smoothing operator".
Well, it used to be called " C^oo map between Topological Vector Spaces ". But that wasn't too catchy of a name ;).
 
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"A Glorious Dawn" with Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking. By John D. Boswell for Carl Sagan's video series Symphony of Science

 
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mathwonk said:
OK, I liked this a lot, (Sade's Smooth Operator), but admit maybe it should have been "smoothing operator".
Hah! Have had this in my head all day. I'm drawn into this thread and there it is! Some spooky synchronicity. :smile:
 
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gleem said:
"A Glorious Dawn" with Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking. By John D. Boswell for Carl Sagan's video series Symphony of Science


Epic! o0)

Some heavy use of vocoder if I'm not mistaken?