What James Cassidy does when he�s not on stage with INSOC
When he’s not performing on stage with Information Society, James Cassidy is an instructor and soil scientist at Oregon State University. See him in action in the Vole Holes segment from the 10/30/2008 broadcast of Oregon Field Guide.
January 8th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Who knew that such things could be so interesting to the lay-person? I suppose having a rock star explain it helps a bit.
Kurt, it’s your turn.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Totally awesome. Cassidy rockin’ the style and imparting the knowledge on OPB. Love it! Would like to hear what all the InSoc folk are up to in their downtime. Keep up the beats…
January 12th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
And that’s why you’re the geek’s rock&roll gods.
February 18th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
I’ve learned my new thing for the day.
February 18th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
I’ve learned my new thing for the day.
April 13th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
That video makes me want to get a direction in life… a real job… some kind of profession. It is strange to think of a member of INSOC as someone’s professor. I wonder… the question I would ask is:
How do your students react to your INSOC membership? Can you imagine sitting in class trying to pay attention while fighting the thought that this is the guy from INSOC? Would it be rude to ask about INSOC in class?
I wonder if the introduction goes something like this:
Hey, welcome to class, I’m your teacher. By the way, you know all those songs that everyone knows… the ones your parents handed down to you… I also do that. Now, let’s go study some voles!
What would be a really cool thing to do when someone asks about INSOC? You could say this:
I wanna know… what you’re thinking… tell me what’s on your miiiiiiiiiiind! Then, do the robot right in the middle of class. That would be awesome.
April 25th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
I had James as my soils instructor this past Winter term 2009. What an awesome guy. He never once mentioned he was in a band, let alone Information Society and never sang in class or in the lab I had with him. A classmate recently told me about this. I remember the song “what’s on your mind” from the ’90′s. I saw the YouTube video of this song…Wow. I guess as a student and taking a class from a rather well known guy is weird. He knows a lot about soil and really portrays that to his classes through an excitment that no other professor has. Nice guy in general and seems very relaxed when teaching. Learned a lot from him and hope to keep in contact with him through a possible masters program in soils.