Archive for January, 2008

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to Perform at Superbowl XLII Halftime Show (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)

Posted by on January 23, 2008 * Comments(4)

Broadcast to nearly 1 billion people in over 230 countries and territories worldwide, the Super Bowl is the marquee event of American sport and television. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will rock this year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show as legendary talent such as Prince, Paul McCartney, and The Rolling Stones have in recent years. Superbowl […]

category: Popular Culture, Rhetoric and Poetics, Television    

National PCA 2008 Comics Panel Chair (Discourse Chronicle)

Posted by on January 21, 2008 * Comments(0)

[I noticed today that National Popular Culture Association placed its tentative program online and my request to be a panel chair in the Comics area again passed. The conference is being held in San Francisco this March and both Elizabeth and I will be presenting. Here is my session: Friday, March 21, 2:30-4:00pm Golden Gate […]

category: Life, Popular Culture    

Knight Rider Announcement (NBC)

Posted by on January 10, 2008 * Comments(7)

Executive Producer Doug Liman (‘The Bourne Identity’ Franchise and ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’) and Executive Producer David Bartis (‘The O.C’ and NBC’s ‘Heist’) have joined together to bring back the 1980’s television classic “Knight Rider.” The two-hour movie event brings KITT and a talented cast of young and seasoned actors into the 21st century with […]

category: Popular Culture, Rhetoric and Poetics, Television    

End of the Semester – Fall 2007 (Discourse Chronicle)

Posted by on January 1, 2008 * Comments(2)

[Soundtrack: James Bond Theme. I successfully finished my first semester as a PhD student at mid-December and things ended splendidly. As I reflect on fall semester, an environmental change from Texas to Ohio worked miracles, but graduate school now seems much like a James Bond movie in some ways. For example, Bond is always confident […]

category: Life