Chapter 4: “Revolution” The Beatles and Nike (1987)

The marriage of commerce and culture

David Allan featured on iHeartMedia Radio Stations

What are the songs that make up the songtrack of your life? The tunes you associate with high school, college, that special song that reminds you of the first time you met your true love. Breakup songs. Loraine Ballard Morrill...

Dave Allan presents at the University of Stirling in Scotland

The soundtrack of yesterday has become the playlist of today, and playlists are ubiquitous. Everyone seems to have a playlist even the Pope (in Spanish and Italian) and the President of the United States (Appendix 1). We see at...

Dave Allan presents Prince and the Revelation: Popular Music and Religion

Area: Religion and Popular Culture Presenter: David Allan (Saint Joseph’s University) Conference: 27th Annual Conference Like David Bowie before him, in death we learned more about Prince’s religious beliefs from ...