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Ok so I don't have a single picture selected yet, but I plan on using an oldschool war propaganda poster. The question I will ask are the following

1) What Side Made The Poster?
2) Who's Attention Is It Trying To Grab?
3) How True Are The Statements On The Poster?
4) Did These Poster Help The War At All?
5) Were The Other Reasons For The Posters Other Then Slandering The Enemy?

Final Ethnography

The subculture that makes up the customs and life style of a local rock band is an interesting as well as complex rituals, rules, goals, and scheduling. It is a very difficult life style to be apart of while juggling things like work and school. The first part of starting a new band is to select members who you feel would be best to play the style you’re aiming to achieve. Now in most bands in the local area there is a drummer, 1-2 guitarists, a bass player, a singer/screamer. Instead of having a standard band with 5 or 6 different members there band consists of 4 people, one drummer, one bass player, and the two guitarists sing as well as scream. Once the band is assembled the band needs to find a place to practice, they planned to rent out a band space at the Wamsutta Mills in New Bedford. Before the space is rented they need to find out its cost a month, how much it is to split it 3 ways, and figuring out if everyone will be able to pay each month. Once they sign the lease they begin setting up the electrical wiring and setting up the stage. Then they bring in there equipment and decorate it then way the want to give a more relaxed feeling for writing and practicing. Though bands try to be self efficient they still need people to help book shows, help load/unload equipment at shows and get the members without vehicles to the show. The subculture doesn’t have a specific clothing style, dialogue, or actions although there are certain things that just this band and the people who hang out with the band do and say.Even though the media has portrayed the type of people that listen to screaming music as punk rocker kids with tattoos, gauges, piercings, and tight or hardcore clothes it is much different then that. Most of the people in the band actually look nothing like any single classification. None of the members actually have gauges like most people assume, although they do have tattoos but not many. They also don’t always wear tight clothes or ripped up metal t-shirts, actually the wear most sports jerseys and hooded sweatshirts or they wear AE clothing. The music scene is also portrayed as lazy people who only work enough to get by but on the contrary all of the members work over 40 hours a week as either laborers or cooks. When most people think of bands with tattoos they assume that the only purpose of the tattoo is to make them look tough, but in reality all the tattoos this band has is a symbol to the musical influence they’ve experienced and the expression of their minds.In a band there aren’t really rituals, they’re more like schedules or habits. Such as every Monday morning, Wednesday nights, and Saturday mornings they have practice to work on there songs. During either those days or days when it’s just the guitarists/vocalists they begin to write new material for lyrics and guitar. Then almost every/every other night they get a few beers and relax to discuss what the new material sounds like with the other members. On Fridays they hold there own mini show/party in their band space so that there friends as well as the other bands can hear what they song like and let them know their opinion of there music and what they feel should be worked on. Then once they have the music and lyrics critiqued them the way they want they begin recording their demo for them to sell at shows. Once the recordings are complete they burn around 100 copies and they begin to sell them.Once they have the CD’s recorded, the show booked, and the directions to the venue they begin to pack up the equipment, but they do not currently have a van or trailer to transport the equipment so I bring my fathers truck and trailer to the band space. We begin to load the equipment & head up to the venue, where ever it may be, usually at ACCU Billiards in New Bedford, MA. Once there we bring the truck to the back then begin to get checked in, get our free admission bracelets, and begin to unload the equipment from the truck. When there set is up we bring in all the equipment and begin to assemble it for them to play. Then while they are playing their set me and two of our friends sit at a table in back selling their demo CD’s. After there set we break down the equipment and load it back into the trailer then watch the rest of the bands play. Once the show is over they see the man running the show to collect there money and then we head back to the space and unload the equipment. Then we all sit around having a few beers seeing how many CD’s were sold, how much they got paid, and how the show could have been better. Then we all leave and wait for the next day so the schedule can start all over again.