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This blog will be used in the spring of 2008 by 80+ students at Drexel University to investigate the effects of Iraq on culture and the reverse. Our goal will be to better understand why the US is in Iraq, and to question whether literature can help us on this journey.

Weekly plans and other materials will always be posted in Vista, not this blog. So go to Bb Vista to get the discussion prompts and other instructions.

I intend this blog to manage our discussions and track our collective investigation.

You should have received an email from me inviting you to become a contributor to this blog. The email was sent Monday afternoon to your official Drexel email address.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

War and Military in Music, Lyrics, Style

Every channel we watch, there is some War or military influence that we see whether we recognise it or not. It's the camoflage shorts that Tila Tequila is wearing on her show, it's Toby Keith's patriotic invoking hymn to "Red, White, and Blue", it's in Mary J Blige's or Ciara's backround dancer's costume to their new music video or last concert performance it's in System of a Down's lyrics to "Bombs over Bagdad", and 50 Cent's struggle with war on the streets. War and the military have a profound influence on our entertainment. On MTV's Real World vs. Road Rules or Real World Extreme Challenge, they have an obstacle course and cammo tees to wear, we have Maury's Boot camp for troubled teens. War splits and unites the pop culture all together. It slpits us when our views and opinions come into play, but unites us under one cause, one struggle, and one fear... Another attack... "Them terrorists f****d with the wrong building, they meant to hit ours" - Eminem "A sucker punch came flying in from somwhere in the back.." -Toby Keith
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