Information Society

Posted by Eszter

Jeremy is not the only one working on his Northwestern courses. I am putting the finishing touches on my junior writing seminar syllabus when I glance over at Yahoo! Music and see this (on 80s music random play):


Information Society

This is generally amusing given the topic of my course (“Adolescents’ Digital Media Uses, Skills and Participations”), but it’s additionally funny since I was just adding an article to the syllabus that appeared in the journal The Information Society.

posted on Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
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  1. This band should have been called “We sound more like Duran Duran than Duran Duran.”

    Posted by JSE · January 8th, 2008 at 5:01 pm

  2. Ever hear their song “Peace & Love Incorporated”? Very good—especially when seen with the video.

    Posted by Sebastian Holsclaw · January 8th, 2008 at 11:27 pm

  3. For some reason, I hear the song “The Self-Preservation Society” whenever I see this album cover. (Looked for an Italian Job clip, but found this one which is… odder.

    Posted by vivian · January 10th, 2008 at 2:09 am

  4. The “Pure Energy” sample was, I think, Leonard Nimoy’s most impressive role in popular music. His

    The audio samples from Star Trek were authorized for use on the album partially thanks to the efforts of Adam Nimoy, fan of the band and son of Star Trek’s Leonard Nimoy.

    (relevant wikipedia entry)

    Posted by duus · January 10th, 2008 at 9:33 pm

  5. hells yeah, ‘peace and love incorporated’!

    also, ‘why are we still here’ is a good track, and their cover of gary numan’s ‘are friends electric?’ is fantastic.

    Posted by Hermes · January 14th, 2008 at 3:36 am