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Dr Who and The Beatles
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Scarred For Life
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Well this looks very interesting. The first of a two volume work on the darker side of pop culture in the 70s and 80s. The author is self publishing through www.lulu.com. The physical copy is black and white but he plans to give away a free, full colour e-book with every physical copy sold.
There’s a review on the blog link.
Childhoods: past, present and future?
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A few days ago Mrs Mousey asked for tips about English songs for children.
That got me thinking: when does childhood end these days? As regards their consumption of popular culture, kids are getting interested in mainstream pop by the age of 9 or 10 and digging Rhianna, Niki Minaj, No Direction,Taylor Swift, Calvin Harris etc.
Childhood is not what it used to be.
Fear not! This is not a Daily Mail style rant about how much better things used to be when the world was full of boys playing football using their jumpers as goalposts.
In many ways things are much better now. No corporal punishment in schools. A golden age for kids films compared to some of the dross I had to put up with. Fantastic internet resources for teachers to use in the school. Kids get to travel far more and see more of the world.
To get to the point.
I’d like to hear about songs, films, poems, TV programmes, etc that illustrate how childhood used to be, how it is today and just for fun, how it might be in the future. How long before we have Roboteachers in the classroom? “Kiss my shiny » Continue Reading.
