Hey Terry! I think most of us understand WAV's motives pretty well now. I was feeling sorry for him, and decided to converse with him for a while; if you look at his WAV thread in BS, he's pretty much the only contributor; it's a lonely life being a misunderstood, tortured genius!
Oh, and WAV; since when was popular music an exclusively American genre? All cultures have popular music, including ours. Given the historically hybrid nature of our culture, it's not really surprising that our popular music, an artefact of that culture, reflects that nature. Is it?
By the way, you claim to have qualifications in Anthropology. Which school of thought do you follow? (You will know, of course, that there are a number of distinctly different theoretical and practical approaches, each with a diifferent take on the field.) I'm guessing that the Critical Theorists will appeal most to you, as you seem incapable of approaching any issue without promoting your ridiculous Englishness agenda. Straight answer if you can, please.