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Sunday Spotlight: Weapon of Mass Seduction

November 29th, 2009 No comments

WMD are back in the news again, like a synthpop band (War-mongering Manoeuvres in the Dark?) from the Cold War days reforming for a comeback tour and a new album for the twenty-first century. Under the spotlight this week is a song that takes a lot of the language of the current Gulf War and reclaims it in the language of love. Like swords into ploughshares – killing words into loving words.

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© Paul Feeney, used with permission
© Paul Feeney, used with permission

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