Staying relevant: pop culture picks
Posted by Andrew in Pop Culture, Recruitment on Sep 8th, 2008 | 2 comments
My job in recruiting students for higher ed embodies one particular challenge: the cohort I am trying to recruit will always stay the same age, and I am only going to get older! In order to connect with these students and remain relevent, I feel like I have to know what’s going on in pop culture. Having only graduated from college just three years ago, this isn’t currently that big of a challenge. I imagine it will only become more difficult as the years go on.
With that I would like to introduce my Pop Culture Picks. From time to time I’d like to share music, TV, and movies selections I believe are impacting the 17 and 18-year-olds we are working with.
This first piece is all about a great live album I picked up earlier this summer: “Where The Light Is” by John Mayer.
I’ve been a John Mayer fan for some time now, having listened to No Such Thing, Heavier Things, and Continuum, and having picked up one of his earlier live albums, As/Is. This latest album does not disappoint — it covers hits and rarities from the whole of Mayer’s career. Check it out.
Side note: I was in Circuit City this weekend and saw the Blu-Ray disc of this concert being played on what was probably a 60″ LCD (with surround sound). It was pretty amazing!
Have another pick you’d like to share? Be sure to leave a comment — I’d be glad to know what you’re listening to and watching!
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Lol… you just dropped a Dazed and Confused reference! Nice.
I’ll tell you the easiest way to stay fresh on what’s cool to an 18 yr old. Ask your student workers. They always keep me in the loop.
You hit on something that I’ve been thinking about lately. As I’m in the last year of my 20’s how much longer can I do this before I become that sketchy old dude on Facebook, etc.