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03/01/2005 Archived Entry: "Celebritacy"
Celebritacy meets Popstrology
The notion of celebritacy has been taken up in this book, Popstrology: The Art and Science of Reading the Popstars.
The cosmos of popular culture overlap with my own cosmic fate. A technological update of Jung-ian practices.
The method best revealed with the author notes that he is born under the Double Monkee: The Chinese Year of the Monkee and the year of The Monkee's big hit "I'm a Believer."
The challenge is to find your own overlap and gain better understanding of how popular culture informs your own meaning making systems (another wonderful example the author gives us is how Britney Spears is born under the sign of Olivia Newton John's hit "Physical" - AH HA! Now I understand).
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Ah, age discrimination! I'm not sure there were #1 songs in 1939. But I do know my birthsong could be Kate Smith's "God Bless America", though the year belonged to "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone With the Wind".
Reminds me of a thing I did back in 1978. I made a timeline of my first 18 years and then juxtaposed it to a timeline for the 18 year olds in my class. My timeline went from 1939 to 1957; my students' from 1961 to 1978. It's instructive to see what was happening when you were, say, 10, compared to when your current students were 10. Today, I'd be comparing 1949 to 1996. Today's 18 year olds, for instance, only have conscious memories of a Bush or Clinton as president.
Posted by John L @ 03/03/2005 03:46 AM EST
My birth song is Pat Boone's "Love Letters in the Sand," and my birth year is the Second Elvis (second? Like a hand-me-down pop star?). Thanks for this. I'm going to spend the morning chuckling inwardly--in my blue suede shoes.
Posted by joanna @ 03/02/2005 06:34 AM EST
Heh. Rice as born under the Fifth Dimension, and his birthsong is B. J. Thomas' "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head." SHHEEESH. It's eerie.
Posted by Jenny @ 03/01/2005 06:02 PM EST
I was born under the sign on Elton John, and my birthsong is Ohio Players' "Fire." Seems appropriate, somehow.
Posted by Jenny @ 03/01/2005 06:01 PM EST