The conversation about “selling out” in popular music has been dead for some time. And I’m not interested in reviving that conversation now. The last time it really flared up was around 1989, when Nike featured the Beatles’ “Revolution” in a commercial. Since then, it’s basically been a done deal. So, today’s New York Times‘ [...]
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Sell Music, Buy Shoes
Posted in communication, consumer culture, music, popular culture, technology, uncategorized, youth culture on October 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Slasher Films Redux
Posted in popular culture, youth culture on January 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Perusing the shelves at Blockbuster the other day, I noticed that quite a few remakes of horror films from the late 70s and 80s have appeared in the past few years. Halloween, Friday the 13th, Prom Night, Black Christmas, Last House on the Left, and When a Stranger Calls, among many others, have been remade [...]
Our Obsession With Teens and Technology
Posted in childhood, technology, youth culture on December 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The New York Times recently published an article on teenagers who have decided to reduce or eliminate the time they spend on Facebook in order to bolster their grades, their offline social lives, and their self-esteem (“To Deal With Obsession, Some Defriend Facebook,” December 21, 2009, A16). I found the article especially interesting for the [...]
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