I tried using Eno as a reference to some students in a university class
I was teaching earlier this year and it also fell flat.
In fact, for freshman college students these days, I find that cultural
references to things which have been made into Disney movies are the
only safe territory.

jeff


stephen.fruitman@ideh... wrote:
>> The toilet scene in Trainspotting is another example, and Mystery
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> Science Theatre 3000 once had an Eno reference :)
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> Eno´s sure been used in movies and TV documentaries plenty enough - I
> mean, the guy put out a slew of "music for films",  perfect bite sizes for
> televisuals, and said "come and get it", didn´t he?
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> And for those who haven´t seen it before, there´s this wonderfully wonky
> cartoon strip:
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> http://www.nervenet.info/_graphs/tomhart/tom_hart.html
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> (In my imagination, "Sombre Reptiles" is playing in the background when I
> read it...)
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