1. dance hip hop is back, in the form of electro rap, complete with lyrics about partying, dancing, getting wasted, and fucking. even the tacky but fun neon aesthetic is back. move over, early 90's miami bass. but still, where the ladies at who wanna party too and throw the misogynist lyrics back in everyone's faces???
2. well, the democrats are in power again. george bush was president during desert storm, and another george bush was president during this current war in iraq... wtf???
3. it's cool again care about the environment. i remember back in the early 90's supermarkets first introduced buying reusable bags. well that died out soon enough, but now it seems like every retail joint is selling them now, from staples to target to rite aid.
4. the DIY ethic is back too. but this time, it's all based on the internet. fanzines have been replaced by blogs, websites, facebook, myspace, twitter, youtube, and the list goes on. Music? Make it on your laptop. Make your own videos while you're at it too.
5. tie dye is back! american apparel is helping to make it hip again. it's more subtle this time, but i also see it in kids t-shirts in the classic circular style in brighter colors. i don't see flares beating out skinny jeans right now, though. which is just fine with me, especially as i do not want to see certain men right now to stop wearing skinny jeans.
6. frozen yogurt is cool again. pinkberry is this decade's penguins. let's hope they don't share the same fate!
7. leggings were my definite favorite comeback from the early '90s, i wear them way more now than i did then.
8. i haven't seen this much plaid since the seattle scene exploded and grunge went mainstream. but who would have thought you'd see nirvana t-shirts at sears and forever 21, and that alice in chains would have a new singer, pearl jam would still be around with matt cameron from soundgarden drumming, and chris cornell would have made an album with timbaland???
9. are doc martens making a comeback too? i'm noticing boots in a similar style coming into trendy clothes stores lately... converse never went away, but they seem more mainstream than ever. i've lost track of a long time ago of how many colors and designs they come in now, and i'm surprised that target carries converse shoes AND the converse clothing line. but then i guess that's what happens when nike buys you out.
10. daft punk are playing without their masks again. well, ok, i'm assuming not all the time. is so-me the new michel gondry? kind of? sort of? french electro is hip about a decade after it first exploded, and it's as legit as it ever was, so where's the return of good rock music and women in bands??? music videos are still filmed in the desert.
11. see my previous post on ODB vs. kanye.
12. michael jackson's death shook the world like princess diana's in the late 90's.
13. i am about to see underworld this summer in 2009. i saw underworld in the summer of 1999. which reminds me. i am in the same place i was 10 years ago.
it's time to break the circle. the 2010's are coming up, but do i party like it's 1999 first?
p.s. does anyone else think the chord progression in the new incubus single is kind of reminiscent of soundgarden's "fell on black days"? and don't they both have "black" in the title? and i'm sorry, luke "skyywalker" campbell's "it's your birthday" PISSES all over that dumb "birthday sex" song out right now.
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