e theories are concerned with the ways in which texts can shape human behaviour and can be used as a source of power by elitists. Music Lovers Cradled over the smooth wooden curves, fingertips on steel, eyes closed. Listening. It might be a groove it might be, a particularly sweet chord, an intriguing phrase, maybe a little twist of melody that just has something. The song writer latches on to it, tries to understand its implications. What does it feel like? Where does it want to go? What sort of song may grow from this tiny fragile seed? The End QuoteOn college campuses nation-wide, pop culture is a hot academic topic. More than one million students will take a course with a pop culture theme in 2001, according to the Popular Culture Association of America. Meanwhile, on the latest generation of TV quiz shows (the closest television gets to academia), contestants are more likely to be grilled on sitcom stars and jingles than on science and history. ...
