American Popular Culture - Transforming everyday life

What you have to do is enter the fiction of America, enter America as fiction. It is, indeed, on this fictive basis that it dominates the world.
Jean Baudrillard, Hyper Realism

This is the closing to my blog. Think about that  above quote. I cannot escape the fact in many ways, America is an influential place and it's culture aids in bringing it's ideas to the rest of the world. In some cases, we take American's act of fictionalization to a new level. However, I suppose it's one of the consequences when you set yourself up as a nation that does away with the past and claims that the now and the future is what truly matters to begin new life for new people. When we take this idea and apply it to our own lives, you'll see that America is no joke in bringing different people of the world to their shores or even in this case, to a whole new virtual world. Think about how American culture has influenced or even transformed your life and the way you carry out your daily routines.

In other news, thanks for all who have read my blog and thanks Mr. D. W for giving me the opportunity to share some interesting suggestions on American Popular Culture. I could probably continue doing this. In the mean time, peace out and enjoy the things that you listen or watch. You might even get your epiphanies from closely observing American media. Have fun!

-D. Gordon

American Dreamin'- G.O.O.D Music

Regardless of what you might think, I am a lover of rap music. There are lots of good rap artistes who sometimes travel mainstream but when they decide to put out real lyrics, they put it down GOOD. I have for you there the songs American Dreamin' by Jay Z, All Falls Down by Kanye West and Around My Way (Freedom ain't free) by Lupe Fiasco. American popular culture as I've mentioned other times in my blog series is useful way to say to the American people that there are some American notions that are flawed like the perception of happiness and freedom and how do we attain such. I think these songs help to reevaluate ourselves as a people and as a nation.They prove that music is similar to a normal speech that challenges even the very so-called sacrosanct ways that rule our life. I urge you to listen to melodious poetry and find yourselves in the discourse of the constitution of the American dream.

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