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American Pride-Glory

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I photoshopped the top picture. It is poking fun at a kind of artwork I do not understand. It's the kind of art you find at a gas station or a dollar store...or one of those "Giftmore" places at the mall. It usually involves eagles, wolves, American flags, lightning, dragons, dreamcatchers, and/or unicorns. Sometimes it's on a T-shirt, other times it takes the form of a fiber-optic statue or fountain. Here are a few examples of this art:

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These t-shirts kill me. It makes me almost want one, just to be funny.

To purchase a mystical shirt please visit:
http://www.magicalomaha.com/fantasyteeshirts.htm

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Ah...the weird "stuff on horses" figurines...

The bottom right horse with all the horses on it was the main inspiration for a freestyle rap I made with my wife and our friends Will and Tina. The rap is at the bottom of this post.

To purchase a horse figurine, please visit:
http://www.angelicdreamz.com/store/trail_of_painted_ponies_holiday.html

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And who can forget the statues...

To purchase a bizarre statue, please visit a dollar store.

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Sometimes people will mix Native American/wilderness/mystical art with patriotic art...and they get this sort of weird, awkward stuff.

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Then there's also artwork involving 9-11 imagery. I think people go overboard and it ends up almost diminishing the importance of what happened.

(notice the tiny Twin Towers reflected in the eagle's eye...)

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So as a joke for our friends, my wife and I put together this parody.
Here are the detail shots. (Notice the small howling elk on top of Uncle Sam's hat.)

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Will and Tina thought it was very funny, so we ended up freestyling a very silly rap song that exemplified all of the tacky art that we just love to hate.

I hope you enjoy it:

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Download source video.

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