I love Script Ohio, I can not explain how much I appreciate dotting the “i”, but let’s be real. That iteration of marching band is your grandfather’s marching band. That is military inspired, European descended, practical marching band. American marching band shouldn’t be practical. So I hail Grambling and Southern Universities the most American marching [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Historically Black College Marching Bands
Posted in american contributions to culture, music, sub-cultures, tagged arts, music, southern culture on 2010/01/06 | Leave a Comment »
American Football
Posted in sports, tagged football, sports on 2010/01/05 | Leave a Comment »
I am going to make my first post cover something I already love about America, American Football. Let me start by saying that I understand the game of football as the world plays it, or soccer to the rebellious American sports fan. I like the game, I even play on a casually-competitive soccer team. That [...]
Day 1 – An Explanation
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, general on 2010/01/01 | 1 Comment »
So, I am off on a mission. A mission, not to become a patriot, but to at least become a tiny bit more patriotic. Over the next 365 I am going to study what exactly it means to be American. A few months ago I came to the conclusion that I culturally understood what it [...]
