Hip is tired
2002-03-07 01:32:26+00 by Dan Lyke 3 comments
I think I'm going to try to split Flutterby a bit, to start a coincident weblog on economic and business trends. Except that there's an implication of a polarity which doesn't really exist, kind of an anti-Cluetrain. Probably over at Gamahuche.com because I flashed on the attitude I want to engender: "when it sucks, grab the ears". But 'til I get that set up, you'll have to deal with it here.
The Grammys tanked. Hard. I'm fairly sure this has nothing to do with file-sharing, but just in case you need convincing, Gap CEO Millard "Mickey" Drexler has acknowledge that "hip" has hurt The Gap, including "some very strange-looking jeans with patches on the back that are very wrong." Maybe, although I'm not holding out a whole lot of hope, people are starting to wake up a little. Starting to step back a little from manufactured trends and force-fed popular culture. Maybe composing and arranging will become more important than dancing and lip-synching. Maybe teens will start thinking about how our clothing is made, rather than what models are wearing it.
Maybe. But it's probably just a trend.